Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.

Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.

Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: Sometimes I do not know how I shall pull read more

You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: Sometimes I do not know how I shall pull through.

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all read more

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.

Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue it with what they have read more

Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue it with what they have had the courage and honesty to perceive and feel.

Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.

Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.