“...she (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition.”

“The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.”

“The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn't talk about it. She does her work.”

“A writer writes with his genius; an artist paints with hers; everyone who creates operates from this sacramental center.”

“The working artist will not tolerate trouble in her life because she knows trouble prevents her from doing her work.”

“This is the other secret that real artists know and wannabe writers don’t. When we sit down each day and do our work, power concentrates around us. The Muse takes note of our dedication. She approves. We have earned favor in her sight. When we sit down and work, we become like a magnetized rod that attracts iron filings. Ideas come. Insights accrete.”

“No matter how great a writer, artist, or entrepreneur, he is a mortal, he is fallible. He is not proof against Resistance. He will drop the ball; he will crash. That’s why they call it rewriting.”