The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all.
Artists are visionaries. We routinely practice a form of faith, seeing clearly and moving toward a creative goal that shimmers in the distance – often visible to us, but invisible to those around us.
All change can be expansive in potential. The choice is ours.
Just as a good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche.
As we open our creative channel to the creator, many gentle but powerful changes are to be expected.
Writing is like breathing, it’s possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.
We should write, above all, because we are writers, whether we call ourselves that or not.
The Artist’s Way is a spiritual journey, a pilrimage home to the self.
Expect the universe to support your dream. It will.
When we clear the physical clutter from our lives, we literally make way for inspiration and ‘good, orderly direction’ to enter.
By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one.
What we focus on, we empower and enlarge. Good multiplies when focused upon. Negativity multiplies when focused upon. The choice is ours: Which do we want more of?
Creativity is the life force that Dylan Thomas called ’the force that through the green fuse drives the flower.
Become willing to see the hand of God and accept it as a friend’s offer to help you with what you are doing.
My will for you is not harsh or unpleasant. It is gentle and perfectly tailored to your unique needs. Do not fear my direction. I am your heart’s happiest guide.
We are ourselves creations. We are meant to continue creativity by being creative ourselves. This is the God-force extending itself through us. Creativity is God’s gift to us. Using creativity is our gift back to God.
There is a connection between self-nurturing and self-respect.
Progress, not perfection, is what we should be asking of ourselves.
When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, ‘I’m not old enough. I’m not distinguished enough.’ But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my hands.
I started writing morning pages just to keep my hand in, you know, just because I was a writer and I didn’t know what else to do but write. And then one day as I was writing, a character came sort of strolling in and I realized, Oh my God, I don’t have to be just a screenwriter. I can write novels.