“...if you've got writer's block, you aren't empty - maybe it's just like Twitter - overwhelmed, and loading seems to be taking a while...”

“...some say Twitter seems trite and lacks weightiness - but in actuality, it lends itself to poetry - it can be very compressed and intense...”

“...If I ever got sloppy and maudlin, it would be for the streets of my childhood—but no self- respecting writer should ever eulogize a slum...”

“...the wind hums low with sweet exultation, sings its lullaby, while you sleep ...”

“...writers, like priests, should have compassion...and a sensitivity to pain...”

“...maybe I am just your priest - or a churl - perhaps you mistrust me the way the medievals mistrusted monks...”

“...it's good to know wave and particle alpha code, but more than that, the writer must go to the heart of life ...”