Doing Work Points The Way To New

The Artist's Way Is A Spiritual Journey, A Pilrimage Home To The Self.

Writing Is Like Listening To A Melody Line In My Head. Note By Note, It Knows Where It Wants To Go. I Follow It And Lay It Down. I Can Pare It, Shape It, And Polish It Later...my Job Is To Take Down The Dribs And Drabs - To Free-associate, If You Will, Knowing That The Associations Have Their Own Plans For Where We're Going With All This.

The Need To Be A Great Artist Makes It Hard To Be An Artist. The Need To Produce A Great Work Of Art Makes It Hard To Produce Any Art At All.

We Have This Idea That We Need To Be In The Mood To Write. We Don't.

Mystery Is At The Heart Of Creativity. As Creative Channels, We Need To Trust The Darkness.