The Hero Wanders, The Hero Suffers, The

The Difference Between An Amateur And A Professional Is In Their Habits. An Amateur Has Amateur Habits. A Professional Has Professional Habits. We Can Never Free Ourselves From Habit. But We Can Replace Bad Habits With Good Ones.

There's A Secret That Real Writers Know That Wannabe Writers Don't, And The Secret Is This: It's Not The Writing Part That's Hard. What's Hard Is Sitting Down To Write. What Keeps Us From Sitting Down Is Resistance.

Fear Doesn't Go Away. The Battle Must Be Fought Anew Every Day.

It’s Better To Be In The Arena, Getting Stomped By The Bull, Than To Be Up In The Stands Or Out In The Parking Lot.

That’s Why An Artist Must Be A Warrior And, Like All Warriors, Artists Over Time Acquire Modesty And Humility. They May, Some Of Them, Conduct Themselves Flamboyantly In Public. But Alone With The Work They Are Chaste And Humble. They Know They Are Not The Source Of The Creations They Bring Into Being. They Only Facilitate. They Carry. They Are The Willing And Skilled Instruments Of The Gods And Goddesses They Serve.