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Creativity is a crushing chore and a glorious mystery. The work wants to be made, and it wants to be made through you.

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We are all walking repositories of hidden treasures.

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Stop treating your creativity like it’s a tired, old, unhappy marriage (a grind, a drag) and start regarding it with the fresh eyes of a passionate lo...more

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Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.

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I simply vowed to the universe that I would write forever, regardless of the result. I promised that I would try to be brave about it, and grateful, a...more

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Fear is always triggered by creativity, because creativity asks you to enter into realms of uncertain outcome. This is nothing to be ashamed of. It is...more

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A good-enough novel violently written now is better than a perfect novel meticulously written never.

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I don't sit around waiting for passion to strike me. I keep working steadily, because I believe it is our privilege as humans to keep making things. M...more

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Your fear will always be triggered by your creativity, because creativity asks you to enter into the realms of uncertain outcome, and fear hates uncer...more

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We are all just beginners here, and we shall all die beginners.

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I have never created anything in my life that did not make me feel, at some point or another, like I was the guy who just walked into a fancy ball wea...more

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There’s plenty of room in this vehicle for all of us, so make yourself at home, but understand this: Creativity and I are the only ones who will be ma...more

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Do you have the courage? Do you have the courage to bring forth this work? The treasures that are hidden inside you are hoping you will say yes." (quo...more

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It starts by forgetting about perfect. We don’t have time for perfect. In any event, perfection is unachievable: It’s a myth and a trap and a hamster ...more

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If you don't learn to travel comfortably alongside your fear, then you'll never be able to go anywhere interesting or do anything interesting.