“Exercise not only tones the muscles, but also refines the brain and revives the 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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Imagination is like muscle. If you don't exercise it, it shrinks.”
“We move in response to our conversation partner’s face, and our brain also fires as we move those muscles and stirs the passions. Paralyzing the face is idiotic.”