“That’s what you’re looking for as a writer when you’re working. You’re looking for your own freedom.”
"You be greater than your feelings. I don’t demand this of you—life does."
- Philip Roth
Courage
"You be greater than your feelings. I don’t demand this of you—life does. Otherwise, you’ll be washed away by feelings. You’ll be washed out to sea and never seen again."
- Philip Roth
Courage
"Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre."
- Philip Roth
Adversity
"You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."
- Maya Angelou
Creativity
"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."
- Jamie Paolinetti
Creativity
"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."
- Herman Melville
Creativity
"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."
- Oscar Wilde
Creativity
"Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too."
- Isabel Allende
Creativity