The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all. . . Fear is what blocks an artist. The fear of not being good enough. The fear of not finishing. The fear of failure and of success. The fear of beginning at all.

We waste a lot of time and a lot of talent trying to write for the common reader, whom we will never meet. Instead we should be writing for our ideal reader.

In creativity, as in running, you have to start where you are.

Our internal artist is always our creative child.

As an experienced artist, I carry my work like a secret pregnancy. I am always aware of inner life and the need to protect it.

We go into parenting, and we discover that we don't have the answers. We are at a loss.

Sometimes, in order to go forward, You must first go back.