“It is almost possible to measure a writer's skill by the dexterity with which he repeats, and yet avoids monotony.”

“There is no possible idea," Kenneth thought as he came onto the terrace, "to which the mind of man can't supply some damned alternative or other. Yet one must act.”

“We simply have to learn how to skillfully get out of our own way. Getting out of our own way allows the deep reservoirs of peace and happiness within us to reveal themselves so we may gain more ready access to them.”

“Get out of our heads and learn to experience the world directly, experientially, without the relentless commentary of our thoughts. We might just open ourselves up to the limitless possibilities for happiness that life has to offer us .”

“Expecta­tions can become goals, which only get in the way of the experience we are having in this moment.”

“Why does the writer write? The writer writes to serve--hopelessly he writes in the hope that he might serve--not himself and not others, but that great cold elemental grace that knows us.”

“Given that external realityis a fiction, the writer's roleis almost superfluous. Hedoes not need to invent thefiction because it is alreadythere.”