A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way.

One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break.

You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind.

Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?

Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.

You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.

For me and most of the other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts.

Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.

If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door.

Bird by bird buddy. Just take it bird by bird.

I want people who write to crash or dive below the surface, where life is so cold and confusing and hard to see.Your anger and damage and grief are the way to the truth.

Winter gold: the sparrow's footprints in the snow.

Suit your manner to the man.

I'm Sirantha Jax, and I have had enough.

I felt as out of place as a left-handed violinist in a crowded string section.

Every maiden's weak and willin' When she meets the proper villian.

Great leaders love to see people grow. The day you are afraid of them being better than you is the day you fail as a leader.

I remember being so young I thought all artists were famous.

Well, as everyone knows, once witchcraft gets started, there's no stopping it.

When people realize they are being listened to, they tell you things.