Every bright, creative point of light in our life matters.
Read MoreIt was like the songs showed me the path from that despair to where I’d always rather be.
Read MoreI can control how I focus, and that’s all I need.
Read MoreIf weren’t allowed to quit, then we would stay bound to whatever project or idea first came to us.
Read MoreUnlike my heart, my creativity requires my attention to function properly.
Read MoreYour life is a blank page, a story being written every morning.
Read MoreNo one can give me my breath nor take it away. It remains mine to hold or release.
Read MoreThe feeling is alive and active in the body of the creator, and in this way is the first actual expression of the story.
Read MoreThere is no more creative, useful thought to think than, “I like that and I would like more of it.”
Read MoreTo write, I have to forget about everything but my imagination.
Read MoreTo create anything, I simply cannot spend my time thinking about what I don’t have and what I don’t like.
Read MoreThe writing only starts once I stop beating myself up and doubting and worrying and despairing.
Read MoreIt wasn’t even the idea itself I cared about, just its arrival.
Read MoreThe enduring, lifelong challenge, is to remember that what I truly have is always enough.
Read MoreI cannot believe that some stories are better than other stories, or that some writers are better than other writers.
Read MoreHow nice when where I actually want to be isn’t where I thought I wanted to be.
Read MoreI sometimes want my creations to be more than things, to be like loved ones to comfort me in my dark hours.
Read MoreYou never know when you’ll turn some corner in your mind and find yourself in creative a dead end, face to face with the shadow.
Read MoreI’m going to create something with every single person I meet, even if we exchange nothing more than a hello.
Read MoreNo matter how glad I am when that new idea arrives at my door, no matter how interested I become when I see a familiar subject from an unfamiliar perspective, I remain vaguely uneasy about tomorrow and its unwritten story.
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