Just as a good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche.

Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness... bright ideas are preceded by a gestation period that is interior, murky, and completely necessary.

You are asked to keep a ledger - a small notebook will do - of money in and money out. Counting brings clarity, and clarity is one of the first and finest fruits of prosperity.

The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

Artists love other artists. Shadow artists are gravitating to their rightful tribe but cannot yet claim their birthright. Very often audacity, not talent, makes one person an artist and another a shadow artist-hiding in the shadows, afraid to step out and expose the dream to the light, fearful that it will disintegrate to the touch.

Art is the imagination at play in the field of time. Let yourself play.

when I talk about a writing life, I'm talking about a life in which writing is the dominant response to living.