We should write because it is human nature to write. Writing claims our world. It makes it directly and specifically our own.

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"We begin to sort through the differences between our real feelings, which are often secret, and our official feelings, those on the record for public display."

- Julia Cameron

Self-awareness

"When we clear the physical clutter from our lives, we literally make way for inspiration and ‘good, orderly direction’ to enter."

- Julia Cameron

Inspiration

"What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us."

- Julia Cameron

Motivation

"The creative process is a process of surrender, not control."

- Julia Cameron

Creativity

"Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite – getting something down."

- Julia Cameron

Creativity

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"It is not what you look like on the outside, but what you are on the inside that counts."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"It is the heart that makes a person beautiful, not the outward appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

- Buddha

Belief

"It’s not always possible to do what we want to do, but it’s important to believe in something before you actually do it."

- Might Guy

Belief

"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."

- Josephus Daniels

Belief