The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life

It is my belief that writing is a way to bless and to multiply our blessings.

There is an energy to the hand that leads our thoughts to a deeper and more connected place than writing on the keys does.

Writing is an act of self-cherishing. We often write most deeply and happily on those areas closest to our heart.

We often make the mistake of thinking that we "have" to be in the "right" mood to write. The truth is, any mood can be used for writing. Any mood is a good writing mood. The trick is to simply enter whatever mood like a room and sit down and write from there.

I made a deal with myself. The deal was: Keep the drama on the page. (...) I have learned through bitter experience that if I start engaging in personal dramas, I will be too tired, too distracted, too distraught to write--and I cannot afford that.

We are often so busy wanting to have a life as a writer that we forget that we have a life to write about.

Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. (...) Writing allows us to rewrite our lives.

I believe that we are meant to move through the world with interest, and writing keeps me interested.

Perfectionism is a primary writer's block.

I have learned that as far as writing goes, my logic brain is for the second drafts.