“Boredom is the only real tragedy for a writer; everything else is material.”
― Less
― Less
“Fearing that I might not be a jewel, I made no effort to polish myself; but half-believing that I might be a jewel, I could not rest content among the common clay.”
― The Moon over the Mountain
― The Moon over the Mountain
“Can you believe where we just were? Oh, this planet was a good one, and we too were good - as good as the burn of the sun, and the rain's sting and the smell of living soil - the all-over song of endless solutions signing the air of a changing world that by every calculation ought never to have been.”
― Bewilderment
― Bewilderment
“How the dead must cringe at our resistance to look as if we've lived.”
― I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
― I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
“Making art can feel dangerous and revealing. Making art is dangerous and revealing. Making art precipitates self-doubt, stirring deep waters that lay between what you know you should be, and what you fear you might be.”
― Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
― Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
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