The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
logic becomes the field marshal and emotion is kept at bay.
Julia Cameron • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
how do we stay both small enough and big enough to create?
Julia Cameron • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
Writing goes much better when we don’t work at it so much. When we give ourselves permission to just hang out on the page. For me, writing is like a good pair of pajamas—comfortable.
Julia Cameron • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
with a product-not-process orientation like this, is it any wonder that the aspiring writer is seized by anxiety?
Julia Cameron • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
When we let ourselves write from love, when we let ourselves steal minutes as gifts to ourselves, our lives become sweeter, our temperaments become sweeter. We are no longer envious bystanders standing on the sidelines and muttering, “I’d love to, but ...”
Julia Cameron • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
How much control are we willing to surrender for the sake of allowing creativity to move through us rather than our trying to flog it forward for agendas of our own?
Julia Cameron • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
a spiritual dowry that gives us the keys to the kingdom.
Julia Cameron • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
One thing I know about writing is that you do not have to be in the mood to do it.
Julia Cameron • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
Don’t people realize that fame is no talisman against human pain?