There are a lot of people in this country who really like my writing. And a lot of writers respect me. But the so-called establishment? They hate me.
Writing, like any art, is a continuing process of discovering the infinite possibilities of Life.
He didnt know what was defeating him, but he sensed it was something he could not cope with, something that was far beyond his power to control or even at this point in time comprehend.
However they may have felt when they left they were now committed, they had passed the point of no return.
But I knew that someday I was going to die. And just before I died two things would happen; Number 1: I would regret my entire life. Number 2: I would want to live my life over again.
All the energy of their frustration and fear going into their laughter.
My writing is inspired by just about everything, yet I am unaware of so much of the process.
Everything about it was wrong. Thats why it worked so good.
I knew the alphabet. Maybe I could be a writer.
The resistance and the degree of the resistance to the natural phenomenon of life causes tremendous suffering.
No matter how beautiful the outside may be, the inside still has feelings and needs that just words don’t fulfill.
I have rituals for cleaning out resentments, disappointments, heartbreak, depression and for work. One of the things I do is go over old stuff if I have been unable to write for a while.
I’ve always felt alienated. I realized that I’ve been terrified my entire life. So I can identify that fear which drives so many of the people that I write about.
We don’t ask any people to throw away any good they have got; we only ask them to come and get more. What if all the world should embrace this Gospel? They would then see eye to eye, and the blessings of God would be poured out upon the people, which is the desire of my whole soul.
I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.
Salvation could not come to the world without the mediation of Jesus Christ.
Let us this very day begin anew, and now say, with all our hearts, we will forsake our sins and be righteous.
The Book of Mormon is true, just what it purports to be, and for this testimony I expect to give an account in the day of judgment.
Sectarian priests cry out concerning me, and ask, “Why is it this babbler gains so many followers, and retains them?” I answer, It is because I possess the principle of love. All I can offer the world is a good heart and a good hand.
Unless we members of the Church do all we can to preserve the freedoms we have within the bounds of the laws of God, we will be held accountable.