I spent a week living as a man. Which was actually, I'm sorry to say, embarrassingly easy for me to do.
Elizabeth GilbertIf I were going to have such a short visit on earth, I had to do everything possible to experience it now.
Elizabeth GilbertYou must find another reason to work, other than the desire for success or recognition. It must come from another place.
Elizabeth GilbertI was the baby of the family, but I was never babied, and that allowed me to take whatever artistic temperament I had and apply learned discipline. I was taught how to work. I think that's everything. Creativity and imagination alone are not going to get you there.
Elizabeth Gilbert