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“Writing and reading are the only ways to find your voice. It won't magically burst forth in your poems the next time you sit down to write, or the next; but little by little, as you become aware of...”
“The act of writing itself is much like the construction of a mirror made of words. Looking at certain illuminated corners of or cracks within the mirror, the author can see fragments of an objectiv...”
“Assuming you can write clear English sentences, give up all worry about communication. If you want to communicate, use the telephone.”
“The sky is not the limit”
“All evil seems to arise from the desire to dominate others. Most men in our society are taught from a very early age to try to dominate. It isnt something that they think about consciously. It oper...”
“If I believe, truly believe our soulsare meant to cross paths, in each andevery life, traversing millennia and repeatingthis sweet interaction time and time againThen what is one lifetimewhere thos...”
“Formerly I believed books were made like this: a poet came, lightly opened his lips, and the inspired fool burst into song if you please! But it seems, before they can launch a song, poets must tr...”
“Ive learned to fall like the BJJ player, to protect the body through controlling the distribution of force by slapping the mat with hands open. With hands open. Hands open. Open. O Pen.”
“Stories do not change, only the lives they live in do.”
“There is a means to every end. A root to any cause. Sometimes the root is more evil than any cause, though it's the cause that is usually most vilified.”
“Poetry arises from the desire to get beyond the finite and the historicalthe human world of violence and differenceand to reach the transcendent or divine. You're moved to write a poem, you feel ca...”
“Fighting and writings deepest layers of beauty lie not only in the physical and mental realms of what we know, but also as an incognizable instinct, a realm we will never fully know but will foreve...”
“Like forearm veins, my interests spread in different directions and eventually led to the hands, to writing.”
“And so many things get lost. Not just a set of keys or a photograph of your father with his first truck, but the door those keys once opened, the childhood house you long ago walked into, the fathe...”
“Authentic inspiration endows individuals with mental or spiritual energy which they are then able to transform into positive action. It can make all the difference between a man, woman, or child al...”
“The whole world, as were coming to understand, is quivering in its place.”
“Write every day. Even if it's only a letter.”
“So avoid using the word very because its lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Dont use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that ende...”
“You don't have to part the waters or move the mountain for me; just help me get across them, Lord, for I can do all things through Thee.”
“Lord, I'm thankful for every stumble because it was then that You lifted me; I'm thankful for every heartache that made me stronger than I knew I could be.”
