It is a commonplace among artists and children at play that they're not aware of time or solitude while they're chasing their vision. The hours fly. The sculptress and the tree-climbing tyke both look up blinking when Mom calls, 'Suppertime!'

Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.

We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause.

Persian envoy "our arrows will black out the sun..." Dienekes of the Spartans.."Good, then we'll fight in the shade.

We show up. We do our best. Good things happen.

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

Resistance is directly proportional to love. If you’re feeling massive Resistance, the good news is, it means there’s tremendous love there too. If you didn’t love the project that is terrifying you, you wouldn’t feel anything. The opposite of love isn’t hate; it’s indifference.