I know this simple fact to be true, for I myself have abandoned people who did not want me to go, and I myself have been abandoned by those whom I begged to stay.
I've ruined my eyes, I've ruined my health from my studiousness!
God never slams a door in your face without opening a box of Girl Scout cookies.
If you're alive, you're a creative person.
You can butcher the sheep only once. But if you are careful, you can shear the sheep every year.
Creativity asks you to enter realms with uncertain outcomes. People want to create a safe life for themselves so they try to live without fear and they end up killing their creativity in the process.