Poems Are Taught As Though The Poet

We Should Notice That We Are Already Supported At Every Moment. There Is The Earth Below Our Feet And There Is The Air, Filling Our Lungs And Emptying Them. We Should Begin From This When We Need Support.

We Have To Accept Ourselves In Order To Write. Now None Of Us Does That Fully: Few Of Us Do It Even Halfway. Don’t Wait For One Hundred Percent Acceptance Of Yourself Before You Write, Or Even Eight Percent Acceptance. Just Write. The Process Of Writing Is An Activity That Teaches Us About Acceptance.

My Goal Is To Write Every Day. I Say It Is My Ideal. I Am Careful Not To Pass Judgment Or Create Anxiety If I Do Not Do It. No One Lives Up To His Ideal.

This Is Your Life. You Are Responsible For It. You Will Not Live Forever. Don't Wait.

I Had Cancer For Fourteen Months And Wrote A Memoir About The Experience.