589 Quotes by Julia Cameron

We don’t often talk about the fact that writing is all about rhythm. When you get too up in your head, you can lose a lot of your writing. Sometimes what a writer really needs to do is go dancing.

Non illegitimi te carborundum, the graffiti in prisoner-of-war camps is said to have run. The rough translation, very important for artists, is “Don’t let the bastards get you down.” Artists who take this to heart survive and often prevail. The key here is action. Pain that is not used profitably quickly solidifies into a leaden heart, which makes any action difficult.

You are on the look out for experience, strength, and hope. You want to hear from the horse’s mouth exactly how disappointments have been survived. It helps to know that the greats have had hard times too and that your own hard times merely make you part of the club.

I am the great comforter. I bring you solace, understanding, and hope. In times of despair, hope is what you have abandoned.

Often God shuts a door in our face, And then subsequently opens the door through which we need to go. CATHERINE MARSHALL.

The myth that we must have “time” – more time – in order to create is a myth that keeps us from using the time we do have. If we are forever yearning for “more,” we are forever discounting what is offered.

We cannot control the reception of our work. We must find our dignity in the doing.

Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown. CLAUDE BERNARD.

Doubt comes to the door in darkness, pretending to be alone and in need of your compassionate ear. But if you let him in, he’ll bring his friends.