Making a judgment, taking a stand and then acting against an injustice or acting to support excellence is the stuff of the everyman hero. If you are an aspiring artist and you wish to avoid “judgments,” you'll find that you have nothing to say.

Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors.

We're wrong if we think we're the only ones struggling with Resistance. Everyone who has a body experiences Resistance.

The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits. We can never free ourselves from habit. But we can replace bad habits with good ones.

He who whets his steel, whets his courage

Anything that draws attention to ourselves through pain-free or artificial means is a manifestation of Resistance.

The awakening an artist must be ruthless, not only with herself but with others.