I write to become a presence, not a memory.

A writer's tragedy: to know all the words and nothing else.

One writes to exorcise some tormenting demon, and before you know it you have fifty demons.

I don't keep a journal. I'm not that interested in myself.

On the blank page all things are possible.

Don't try to think or speak for other people. That way is madness.

Before you know what you have it in you to write you have to write it.

It's during a storm that the best songs get written.

Writing is just another trap if you take it too seriously.