...it's not the stories - it's the pain and the joy and the people who stay with you long after the stories are told ...

...people quote proverbs without realizing they're really in awe of the authority of their truth and the power of their expression...

...bow to genius, but to the authority of that genius - not the display of talent...

...it's not the medium that's the message - it's consciousness - the wonder of being able to wonder ...

...a writer without authority? Impossible. as Kenneth Burke says, creation implies authority in the sense of originator....

...how many writers still dare compare a woman to Nature, like Campion? - there is a garden in her face - how lovely...

...if you always move in certainty, your writing will be flat - creativity is a rugged terrain...

...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...