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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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You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path, not by your successes or failures

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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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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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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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Do what you love to do, and do it with both seriousness and lightness. At least then you will know that you have tried and that--whatever the outcome-...more

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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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Most of my writing life consist of nothing more than unglamorous, disciplined labor. I sit at my desk and I work like a farmer, and that's how it gets...more

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