As Writers We Need To Crack Open

Know That You Will Eventually Have To Leave Everything Behind; The Writing Will Demand It Of You.

It Is Very Important To Go Home If You Want Your Work To Be Whole. You Don't Have To Move In With Your Parents Again And Collect A Weekly Allowance, But You Must Claim Where You Come From And Look Deep Into It. Come To Honor And Embrace It, Or At The Least, Accept It.

Shut Up And Write. Don't Talk About Writing, Just Physically Do It.

Original Details Are Very Ordinary, Except To The Mind That Sees Extraordinariness. It's Not That We Need To Go To The Hopi Mesas To See Greatness; We Need To View What We Already Have In A Different Way.

Understand That Writing Is Like An Athletic Activity. To Play Tennis Well, You Expect To Keep Practicing, But For Some Reason With Writing, You Think You Should Come Out Fresh The First Time.