“To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain--leaving behind a person so callused that emotion can find no root in his heart.”
― Elantris
― Elantris
“If I give you a hint and tell you it's a hint, it will be information.”
― Howl’s Moving Castle
― Howl’s Moving Castle
“Writing is supposed to be difficult, agonizing, a dreadful exercise, a terrible occupation.”
― Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
― Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
“You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want.”
― Howl’s Moving Castle
― Howl’s Moving Castle
“And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift and a privilege, not a right.”
― Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
― Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
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