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" A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world. "
Larger
Job
Give
" Failure is what we're all running from, we're always running toward success with failure at our back. "
Always
Success
Running
" I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page. "
Fool
You
Writing
" I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of who a human being is. "
Love
Great
Feel
" If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you. "
Yourself
You
Writing
" Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce. "
Life
Lose
Love
" Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth. "
Truth
Desire
Underestimate
" Our job as writers is to listen, to come home to the four corners of the earth. "
Home
Earth
Come
" Read books. They are good for us. "
Books
Read
Us
" Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out. "
Why
Beginning
Edge
" Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down. "
Earth
Down
Stress
" Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die. "
Talk
Die
You
" That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write. "
You
Want
Attention
" The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does. "
You
Matter
Quality
" There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter what, keep that hand moving. Writing is really a physical activity. "
Writing
Moving
Hand
" Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go. "
Need
Love
You
" When you are present, the world is truly alive. "
You
Alive
Present
" When you bring the darkness to the table, it doesn't rule you or hurt other people, but when we keep it secret, it's dangerous. "
Hurt
Dangerous
Darkness
" When you write what you know, you stay in control. One of the first things I encourage my writing students to do is to lose control - say what they want to say, break structure. "
Writing
You
Lose
" Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind. "
You
Mind
Relationship
" Women are wonderful, but they get so caught up about their body. We need to unhook from worrying so much. When I don't feel good, I look in the mirror and think I look fat and miserable. But when I feel good and whole, I'm not worried about my body because I'm living in it. It doesn't become an object. "
Think
Good
Women
" Women need space and silence. We too quickly give away our energy. There's something about holding that richness. "
Need
Energy
Silence
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