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- Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary.…
- Finally, one just has to shut up, sit down, and write.
- Use original detail in your writing. Life is so rich, if you can write down the real details of the way things were and are,…
- Tulips come up in spring for no reason. Of course, you planted bulbs and now in April the earth warms up. But why? For no…
- The harder you chase something, the faster you go and the less you're able to let life meet life. If you're having difficulty coming up…
- Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.…
- If you're having difficulty coming up with new ideas, then slow down. For me, slowing down has been a tremendous source of creativity. It has…
- As writers we live life twice, like a cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest it again. We…
- Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Nothing is that important. Just lie down.
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