Leisel The Spacemercat Sempf

“If you're at a dead end, take a deep breath, stamp your foot, and shout "Begin!" You never know where it will take you.”
― Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

“I love you,” she says.
“I love you,” I say.
And then we hang up, because nothing else needs to be said after that.
I want to give Zara her life back. Even if I feel I deserve something like this, I don’t deserve it at her expense.”
― David Levithan, Every Day

“Reading is not life. Reading is creating life in your head. And that can only help you so much in a storm.”
― David Levithan, Every Day

“I'm in a room with the obligation to create a major dance piece. The dancers will be here in a few minutes. What are we going to do?

To some people, this empty room symbolizes something profound, mysterious, and terrifying: the task of starting with nothing and working your way toward creating something whole and beautiful and satisfying... Some people find this moment - the moment before creativity begins - so painful that they simply cannot deal with it. They get up and walk away from he computer, the canvas, the keyboard; they take a nap or go shopping or fix lunch or do chores around the house. They procrastinate. In its most extreme form, this terror totally terrorizes people.

The blank space can be humbling. But I've faced it my whole professional life. It's my job. It's also my calling. Bottom line: Filling this empty space constitutes my identity.”
― Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life