You are a writer when you tell yourself you are. No one else's opinion matters. Screw them. You are when you say you are.

As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.

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

You are a writer when you tell yourself you are. No one else's opinion matters. Screw them. You are when you say you are.

Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors. All are continually asking, "What does this represent? What does it stand for?" They are trying to take everything one level deeper. When they get to that level, they will try to go deeper again.

Playing the game for money produces the proper professional attitude. It inculcates the lunch-pail state of mind that shows up for work despite rain or snow or dark of night and slugs it out day after day.

Resistance is not a peripheral opponent. Resistance arises from within. It is self-generated and self-perpetuated. resistance is the enemy within.