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I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the monkey mind. The thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl. My mind swings wildly through time, touching on dozens of ideas a minute, unharnessed and...

Know who you are and stay true to it. Have a point of view, keep your head down when noise tries to drown out your inner voice, and whatever you do, keep pushing. Christina Tosi

You can’t sit around and wait for somebody to say who you are. You need to write it and paint it and do it. Faith Ringgold

“Don't submit to defeatism, the problems you're dealing with are par for the course. Relax. And keep going.” Isabella Koldras

Asking myself, 'Is this any good?' is pointless. It just slows down my writing, and I can't tell anyway. It's always the paragraphs I loved most, the ones I tenderly polished and re-read with pride, that my editor will suggest cutting. Liane...

“Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it.” Unknown

“I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.” Marissa Mayer

If you ever want your soul to dance in the clouds, you will at some point have to juggle lightning and taste the thunder. Christopher Poindexter

“Why this hunger to write — I always ask myself — if not the longing to discover what I believe? The pen divines my thoughts.” David Conover

“But the heart has its own memory and I have forgotten nothing.” Albert Camus

I’ve never met a strong person with an easy past. Herodes Atticus

Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. John Wooden

“I don’t need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.” Stephen Fry

The business of the poet and the novelist is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things. Thomas Hardy

Whilst I’m writing, I’m far away. When I come back, I’m far gone. Pablo Neruda