Katagiri Roshi says: "Poor artists. They suffer very much. They finish a masterpiece and they are not satisfied. They want to go on and do another." Yes, but it's better to go on and do another if you have the urge than to start drinking and become alcoholic or eat a pound of good fudge and get fat.

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (ed. Shambhala Publications, 2016) - ISBN: 9780834821132