I Am Drawn To The Ways In

Don’t Be In Too Much Of A Rush To Be Published. There Is Enormous Value In Listening And Reading And Writing—and Then Putting Your Words Away For Weeks Or Months–and Then Returning To Your Work To Polish It Some More.

I Cannot Just Write A Frivolous Book, A La-di-da Book. Everything Isn't La-di-da. There Is Something That's Going To Pull You Up Short. I Want To Reassure Young Readers. I Want To Comfort Them, To Not Fear The Unexpected.

Read A Lot, Live Your Life, And Listen And Watch, So That Your Mind Fills Up With Millions Of Images.

I Tried. Can't Do It. Brain's Empty.

What Exactly Did People Do When They Had All The Time In The World And Could Do Whatever They Liked?