#process

Most of the time one is discouraged by the work, but now and again by some grace something stands out and invites you to work on it, to elaborate it or animate it in some way. It's a mysterious process. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#animate #discouraged #elaborate #grace #invites

If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks' vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days. ↗

— Dorothy Canfield Fisher

#amount #busy #days #false #get

If you have a story to tell, put it out there. Get the thing done. No excuses. No procrastinating. No apologies. It will never be as good as you want it to be, so forget about perfection. Just be satisfied that you've done the best work you can do at this stage in your life as an author. Then roll the rocket onto the launch pad and fire it off. After that, write another story. Always keep going. Move fast. Stay one step ahead of the forces of distraction and self-doubt. Love your characters enough to give them a good home. Love your readers enough to give them a place of refuge from life's tragedies, big and small. And love the world you live in enough to make it the world of your dreams. ↗

— James Hampton

#creative-process #writing-process #dreams

Now I'm writing about contemporary Los Angeles from memory. My process was to hang out, observe, research what I was writing about, and almost immediately go back to my office and write those sections. So it was a very close transfer between observation and writing. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#almost #angeles #back #between #close

The process and the great smells it produces make everyone hungry and get everyone's mouth watering. And it gives men a chance to cook. ↗

— Bobby Flay

#cook #everyone #get #gives #great

Whether you voted for me or not, going through the Democratic process had made me a better candidate. I am a smarter, better candidate. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#better #candidate #democratic #democratic process #going

I think when you get to the point where you don't need to be in love, then you could be in love. You have to just be OK with yourself-and that's a long process. ↗

— John Cusack

#get #i #i think #just #just be

But, you know, I'm sorry, I think democracy requires participation. I mean, I don't want to proselytize but I do feel some sort of duty to participate in the process in some way other than just blindly getting behind a political party. ↗

— John Cusack

#blindly #democracy #duty #feel #getting

I've been very fortunate to work for great people - so even when the political process gets ugly, I find inspiration in the people around me. ↗

— Stephanie Cutter

#been #even #find #fortunate #gets

I think what we should have done is integrate the web site with the magazine much earlier in the process. ↗

— James Daly

#earlier #i #i think #integrate #magazine