“Write your way out of a thinking block—because you'll never think your way out of a writing block.”

“writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all”

“You can’t think your way out of your emotions.”

“You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over you shoulder, you'll never write.”

“blocked. blocked. blocked. youre all blocked. none of you are free of sin”

“Write,' she said, 'as if you'll never be read. That way you'll be sure to tell the truth.”

“The golden rule of writing is to write what you care about. If you care about your topic, you'll do your best writing, and then you stand the best chance of really touching a reader in some way.”

“Live your life the way you want. You'll figure it out.”

“It'll be your damnation, boy. You'll wear out a hundred pairs of boots on your way to hell.”

“Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling block in the way of action, we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all.”