“Thought is a process of work,joy is an issue of work”

“Work may be your dominant thought, and joy an afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought.”

“Speed is not always a constituent to great work, the process of creation should be given time and thought.”

“Even for those thousands of young people who don’t get something out there [in a university writing program], the process is still a noble one — the process of trying to say something, of working through craft issues and the worldview issues and the ego issues — all of this is character-building, and, God forbid, everything we do should have concrete career results. I’ve seen time and time again the way that the process of trying to say something dignifies and improves a person”

“Plans are useful in the sense that they're proof that planning has taken place. The planning process forces people to think through the right issues. Bus as for the plans themselves they just don't work on the battle field”

“Art was as much in the activity as in the results. Works of art were not just the finished product, but the thought, the action, the process that created them.”