Don’t write from fear; it’s a shallow source of motivation.
Read MoreThe thing, after all, I like about people, is that they aren’t me.
Read MoreI’ve always felt that the very act of writing is a kind of answer.
Read MoreThere’s great in relief showing my struggles and grief when I know how things will really turn out.
Read MoreWhen you write, it’s your job to describe a sunrise or passing traffic as if observed for the first time.
Read MoreWe’re no saint, and how embarrassing, how shameful, when the world learns we’ve been posing as one.
Read MoreTo stay interested we have to acknowledge that we are changed by what we make and that those changes cannot be undone
Read MoreEverything was about life, really. Even eulogies were about life.
Read MoreI’ve come to see my page not so much as blank but mirror-like.
Read MoreI could still feel myself pinning so much on what these strangers thought of my pitch.
Read MoreI don’t need more than myself to create anything or to know anything.
Read MoreI’m a storyteller, which means I dream of troubles and see how they will resolve themselves.
Read MoreIt’s one thing to tell an inspiring story to four or no people, and another thing altogether to tell that same story to 400.
Read MoreI keep thinking it won’t hurt so much this time.
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