“First drafts are for learning what your novel or story is about. Revision is working with that knowledge to enlarge & enhance an idea, to reform it . . . Revision is one of the true pleasures of writing.”

“Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.”

“If the stories come, you get them written, you're on the right track. Eventually everyone learns his or her own best way. The real mystery to crack is you.”

“We have two lives... the life we learn with and the life we live after that. Suffering is what brings us towards happiness.”

“The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course”

“Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.”

“We have two lives; the life we learn with and the life we live after that.”