Prophesying was the only human art that couldn't be improved by practice.
True literature always disturbs the established order.
We are all born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as, how we were raised. We're kind of stuck inside that person, and the purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize a little bit with other people.
"Writing is a bit like shitting. If it's coming out too hard, something's wrong."
Seek the best tranquil condition for the soul.
We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.