“Start writing by thinking, not wrestling with words.”

“Remember yourself. Deep inside, you have an observer, a constant neutral witness to your posture, gesture, facial expression, breathing, taste, impressions of light and sound. Don't leap to interpr...”

“If you'd blush saying something in person, don't write it.”

“Your language indicatesand limitswhat you think.”

“To write better you must develop your taste for truth. You have to pay more attention to what you really think, feel, see and want.”

“Your language indicates──and limits──what you think.”

“We are on strike, we, the men of the mind.We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties. We are on strike against the dogma ...”

“If only it were possible to love without injury fidelity isnt enough: I had been faithful to Anne and yet I had injured her. The hurt is in the act of possession: we are too small in mind and body...”

“She looks at the swings, and I can see shes imagining what theyd look like if the kids werent there. The guilt of this holds her down momentarily. It appears to be there constantly. Never far away,...”

“Having a passive personality, is a soft way to live a dead life.”