“Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.”
“Imagination is like muscle. If you don't exercise it, it shrinks.”
“I guess mercy is a muscle like any other. You got to exercise it, or it just cramp right up.”
“Exercise not only tones the muscles, but also refines the brain and revives the soul.”
“The woman had practiced patience all the long days of her life, exercised it to such an extent it had become the strongest muscle of her soul.”
“Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.”