The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
old friends. Writing makes that possible. Relationships are like landscapes: they are beautiful, and the light we see them by changes with the seasons.
Julia Cameron • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
Don’t people realize that fame is no talisman against human pain?
Julia Cameron • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
have learned that as far as writing goes, my logic brain is for second drafts.
Julia Cameron • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
We have a mythology that tells us that writing is a torturous activity.
Julia Cameron • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
One thing I know about writing is that you do not have to be in the mood to do it.
Julia Cameron • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
If we let ourselves notice, writing feels collaborative.
Julia Cameron • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
Writing goes much better when we don’t work at it so much. When we give ourselves permission to just hang out on the page. For me, writing is like a good pair of pajamas—comfortable.
Julia Cameron • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
how do we stay both small enough and big enough to create?
Julia Cameron • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
The “if-I-had-time” lie is a convenient way to ignore the fact that novels require being written and that writing happens a sentence at a time. Sentences can happen in a moment. Enough stolen moments, enough stolen sentences, and a novel is born—without the luxury of time.