“It is in the movements of an
emotional crisis that human beings reveal themselves most accurately.” Anaïs
Nin: Writing, the Future of the Novel, and How Keeping a Diary Enhances
Creativity: Wisdom from a Rare 1947 Chapbook
“Each day, we wake slightly
altered, and the person we were yesterday is dead. So why, one could say, be
afraid of death, when death comes all the time?” John Updike: Writing
and Death
“unless it comes unasked out
of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don’t do it.” Charles
Bukowski Debunks the “Tortured Genius” Myth of Creativity
The art of integrating the ego and
the impulse for empathy in a dynamic call and response. Mary Gaitskill:
Why Writers Write and The Six Motives of Creativity
