“The practice of forgiveness is very much like the practice of meditation. You have to do it often and persist at it in order to be any good.”

“The ultimate goal of writing is forgiveness.”

“If you don't write when you don't have time for it, you won't write when you do have time for it.”

“As we change, our writing changes too. You cannot write the same poem twice. And that's a good thing.”

“If pain doesn't lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering.”

“Writing is not a matter of time, but a matter or of space. If you don't keep space in your head for writing, you won't write even if you have the time.”

“There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No relief in hate. It’s just a waste of perfectly good happiness.”