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“We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are. More than our parents/children/teachers think we are. We fear that we actually possess the talent that our still, small voice tells us. That we actually have the guts, the perseverance, the capacity. We fear that we truly can steer our ship, plant our flag, reach our Promised Land. We fear this because, if it’s true, then we become estranged from all we know. We pass through a membrane. We become monsters and monstrous.”
― The War of Art
― The War of Art
“Someone once asked Somerset Maughham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. "I write only when inspiration strikes," he replied. "Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp.”
― The War of Art
― The War of Art
“We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause.”
― The War of Art
― The War of Art
“To labor in the arts for any reason other than love is prostitution.”
― The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
― The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
“This is the other secret that real artists know and wannabe writers don’t. When we sit down each day and do our work, power concentrates around us. The Muse takes note of our dedication. She approves. We have earned favor in her sight. When we sit down and work, we become like a magnetized rod that attracts iron filings. Ideas come. Insights accrete.”
― The War of Art
― The War of Art
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