What Finally Convinced Me To Go Ahead

When We Conquer Our Fears, We Discover A Boundless, Bottomless, Inexhaustible Well Of Passion.

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.

Don't Prepare. Begin. Our Enemy Is Not Lack Of Preparation. The Enemy Is Resistance, Our Chattering Brain Producing Excuses. Start Before You Are Ready.

The Artist Cannot Look To Others To Validate His Efforts Or His Calling. If You Don't Believe Me, Ask Van Gogh, Who Produced Masterpiece After Masterpiece And Never Found A Buyer In His Whole Life.

Ignorance And Arrogance Are The Artist's And Entrepreneur's Indispensable Allies. She Must Be Clueless Enough To Have No Idea How Difficult Her Enterprise Is Going To Be And Cocky Enough To Believe She Can Pull It Off Anyway."