Have faith in your skills. Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.
Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy KassemWe are all connected. When one arm or foot is poisoned, the whole body becomes infected.
Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy KassemWe are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
Seducing the Demon: Writing for My LifeIntroduction of deus ex machina is a tell-tale sign of sloppy plotting.
Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular FictionTis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.
The Life, Letters and Writings of Charles LambFreedom from likes and dislikes, the sudden sense of identification, the spirit of comedy.
M: Writings '67-'72Sleep's what we need. It produces an emptiness in us into which sooner or later energies flow.
M: Writings '67-'72Even the sun directs our gaze away from itself and to the life illumined by it.
Salt and Light: Talks and Writings on the Sermon on the MountEvery good poem asks a question, and every good poet asks every question.
The Poet's Companion: A Guide To The Pleasures Of Writing PoetryThe ironist is ironical not because he does not care, but because he cares too much.
The Radical Will: Selected Writings 1911-1918The world has never favored the experimental life. It despises poets, fanatics, prophets and lovers.
The Radical Will: Selected Writings 1911-1918