Silence allows me to hear what's really going on in my head.

Creating things makes me come alive.

I'm not a great actor in the sense that I can't fake it if I'm going through something difficult.

I try and keep busy with something, but I also give myself permission to be busy with something that is creative and rewarding, not just the errands to the dry cleaner.

Improvise. Write your own damn story.

Silence. There are times it's the only thing I want and I wonder how I'll ever go back to the world of noise and distraction.

It's in the silence that I'm most able to hear the tiny voices that tell me I'm not good enough, smart enough, or cool enough. I try to hear them for what they are: my own creations. Sitting with them, letting them speak, hearing them out, and giving them back the silence that I'm now sitting in has shown me that, quite often, they shut up.