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Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere. While others who have...more

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Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.

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I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all...more

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The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about telling the truth. We are a species that need...more

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If you don't know where to start, remember that every single thing that happened to you is yours and you get to tell it.

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My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments of life and spirit a...more

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Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the trut...more

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The first holy truth in God 101 is that men and women of true faith have always had to accept the mystery of God's identity and love and ways. I hate ...more

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Two things put me in the spirit to give. One is that I have come to think of everyone with whom I come into contast as a patient in the emergency room...more

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Almost every single thing you hope publication will do for you is a fantasy, a hologram--it's the eagle on your credit card that only seems to soar.

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You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

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Writing like this is a little like milking a cow: the milk is so rich and delicious, and the cow is so glad you did it.

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Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere. While others who have...more

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Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good a...more

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Rituals are a good signal to your unconscious that it is time to kick in.