Suffering For Art Quotes

“And at last, when overwhelmed by the weight of it all, Saleen collapsed into Isaac's jacket.
He threw his pages into the air. They rained down, covering them like soft snow.
They were lost together in a land where milk and honey flowed. Where the weather was always dawn. Where the clouds were always white.”
― Yarro Rai, Beyond Passion and Dreams: Two Souls. One Fire. No Survivors.

“My dear Remedios, discomfort is a literary experience you have to learn to bear... Imagine how you will feel once you are standing in the center of the void. Terrible! That’s how! You have to build your endurance.”
― Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, Call Me Zebra

“The Actor's Prayer

Great Baachus, spare us from the demon Rejection! And harsh critics, incompetent make-up artists, ill-fitting costumes, tight shoes, screaming children, corpsing and a visit from the welfare officer.”
― Stewart Stafford