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Life, if you keep chasing it so hard, will drive you to death. Time - when pursued like a bandit - will behave like one, always remaining one county o...more

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Creativity itself doesn't care at all about results - the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever happens next...more

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I don't think you can come into your wisdom until you have made mistakes on your own skin and felt them in reality of your own life.

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You know, why at the end of your life should you assemble thousands of pages of 'Why am I so sad, why am I so depressed?' Instead, assemble thousands ...more

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You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.

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I think there are writers who take a quieter approach to their work — one that is just about respectfully showing up for your vocation day after day, ...more

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I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely catered event should ...more

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When you're lost in those woods, it sometimes takes you a while to realize that you are lost. For the longest time, you can convince yourself that you...more

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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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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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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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Most of my writing life, to be perfectly honest, is not freaky, old-timey, voodoo-style Big Magic. Most of my writing life consists of nothing more th...more

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I've had to keep defining and defending myself as a writer every single day of my adult life -- constantly reminding and re-reminding my soul and the ...more

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Work with all your heart, because - I promise - if you show up for your work day after day after day after day. you just might get lucky enough some r...more

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Sometimes life is too hard to be alone, and sometimes life is too good to be alone.