#writing

Just as anyone who listens to the muse will hear, you can write out of your own intention or out of inspiration. There is such a thing. It comes up and talks. And those who have heard deeply the rhythms and hymns of the gods, can recite those hymns in such a way that the gods will be attracted. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

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People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

#life

What is the purpose of writing? For me personally, it is really to explain the mystery of life, and the mystery of life includes, of course, the personal, the political, the forces that make us what we are while there's another force from inside battling to make us something else. ↗

— Nadine Gordimer

#life

When the last dime is gone, I'll sit on the curb outside with a pencil and a ten cent notebook and start the whole thing over again. ↗

— Preston Sturges

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I don't teach writing. I teach patience. Toughness. Stubbornness. The willingness to fail. I teach the life. The odd thing is most of the things that stop an inexperienced writer are so far from the truth as to be nearly beside the point. When you feel glosbal doubt about your talent, that is your talent. People who have no talent don't have any doubt. ↗

— Richard Bausch

#life

Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what. ↗

— Julia Cameron

#writing-life #life

A writer doesn’t solve problems. He allows them to emerge. ↗

— Friedrich Dürrenmatt

#revelation #writing #life

Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it... ↗

— Erica Jong

#life

Generally, people who are good at writing letters have no need to write letters. They've got plenty of life to lead inside their own context. ↗