Pivotal to a happy writing life is a practice of daily personal writing.

Life is what we make of it. Whether we conceive of an inner god force or an other, outer God, doesn't matter. Relying on that force does.

When you feel yourself to be in critical condition, you must treat yourself as gently as you would a sick friend.

It is important to remember that at first blush, going sane feels just like going crazy.

Do not call procrastination laziness. Call it fear.

I started writing morning pages just to keep my hand in, you know, just because I was a writer and I didn't know what else to do but write. And then one day as I was writing, a character came sort of strolling in and I realized, Oh my God, I don't have to be just a screenwriter. I can write novels.

We are ourselves creations. We are meant to continue creativity by being creative ourselves. This is the God-force extending itself through us. Creativity is God's gift to us. Using creativity is our gift back to God.