You honor your writing space by recovering, if you are an addict. You honor your writing space by becoming an anxiety expert, a real pro at mindfulness and personal calming. You honor your writing space by affirming that you matter, that your writing life matters, and that your current writing project matters. You honor your writing space by entering it with this mantra: “I am ready to work.” You enter, grow quiet, and vanish into your writing.

An artist must struggle to accept the shape of this universe - and achieve some important successes.

When you consciously decide to breathe more slowly and deeply, you alert your body to the fact that you want it to behave differently. You are not just changing your breathing pattern, you are making a full-body announcement that you are entering into a different relationship with your mind and your body.

Your chances of creating deeply hinge on the quality of your awareness state.

Because she favours solitude and indwelling, an artist can live a significantly more claustrophobic life that she had ever intended.

The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression.

A wild person with a calm mind can make anything.