Our Cultural Instinct Is To

No, Everything Is Not Going To Be Okay. It Never Is. It Isn't Okay Now. Change, By Definition, Changes Things

The Universal Truth Is Beyond Question-the Only People Who Excel Are Those Who Have Decided To Do So.

When You Can Swim, Who Cares How Deep The Water Is?

I Wonder Why Anyone Would Hesitate To Be Generous With Their Writing. I Mean, If You Really Want To Make A Living, Go To Wall Street And Trade Oil Futures ... We're Writers. We're Doing Something That Is Inherently A Generous Act. We're Exposing Ourselves To The Muse And To The Things That Frighten Us. Why Do That If You're Not Willing To Be Generous? And Paradoxically, Almost Ironically, It Turns Out That The More Generous You Are, The More Money You Make. But That's Secondary. For Me, The Privilege Of Being Generous Is Why I Get To Do This.

Don't Fix Me; Love Me For What's Broken.