Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

He smiled at the girl with infinite compassion and asked, “Do you have the courage? Do you have the courage to bring forth this work? The treasures that are hidden inside you are hoping you will say yes.”

Whether you think you’re brilliant or you think you’re a loser, just make whatever you need to make and toss it out there.

The essential ingredients for creativity remain exactly the same for everybody: courage, enchantment, permission, persistence, trust—and those elements are universally accessible.