When You're A Working Writer, Sooner Or

Writers Think In Metaphors. Editors Work In Metaphors. A Great Reader Reads In Metaphors.

The Most Important Thing About Art Is To Work. Nothing Else Matters Except Sitting Down Every Day And Trying. Why Is This Important? Because When We Sit Down Day After Day And Keep Grinding, Something Mysterious Starts To Happen. A Process Is Set In Motion By Which, Inevitably And Infallibly, Heaven Comes To Our Aid. Unseen Forces Enlist In Our Cause; Serendipity Reinforces Our Purpose.

Rule Of Thumb: The More Important A Call Or Action Is To Our Soul's Evolution, The Resistance We Will Feel Toward Pursuing It.

Always Attack. Even In Defense, Attack. The Attacking Arm Possesses The Initiative And Thus Commands The Action. To Attack Makes Men Brave; To Defend Makes Them Timorous.

The More Scared We Are Of A Work Or Calling, The More Sure We Can Be That We Have To Do It.