Our Job As Writers Is To Listen,

Be Awake To The Details Around You, But Don't Be Self-conscious.

Keep Your Hand Moving

As Writers We Need To Crack Open Language.

Actually, Every Time We Begin, We Wonder How We Did It Before, Each Time Is A New Journey With No Maps.

I Don't Mean To Be Flippant About Cancer - It Was Hard, It Was Tough And It Was Scary. Then My Next Manuscript Was About Cancer Because I Had A Whole New Topic To Write About. And Because I Wrote, It Didn't Take Over. Writing Took The Chaos Out Of Cancer.