Julia Cameron

“As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you.”

“The 'artist's date' is a block of time, perhaps two hours weekly, especially set aside and committed to nurturing your creative consciousness, your inner artist.”

“We are intended to create in joy, not in suffering.”

“The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.”

“Serious art is born from serious play.”

“Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.”

“Anger is a map. It shows you where you're stuck, where you want to go, and what's in your way.”

“The refusal to be creative is self-will and is counter to our true nature.”

“Jealousy is a map. It tells you where you want to go.”

“Pray to catch the bus, then run as fast as you can.”

“Often, it is the side trips that define the journey.”

“Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough.”

“Leap, and the net will appear.”

“Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.”

“All of us are far more creative than we have been taught to believe.”

“Progress, not perfection, is what we should be asking of ourselves.”

“Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness.”

“Morning Pages are three pages of longhand, stream of consciousness writing, done first thing in the morning.”

“What we are really doing when we are locked in a creative block is that we are pretending that our creativity is not there.”