3 Quotes by Susan McBride Els

And yet, the real pressure of writing or any creative endeavor is not that it takes large blocks and countless snitches of time, but that it requires stepping out of time into receptive, intuitive, attentive focus of nevertime. It is not so much the depletion of time that is worrisome, but the leaving of it.

It is impossible for me to be in time, with all its distractions and demands, and think, listen, and write coherently. When I say I need to find time to write, I really mean I need to find nevertime.

Nevertime feels good -- productive, purposeful. It is the unpressured, receptive state of mind that breeds creative expression. But time will always tell you that, in fact, nevertime is a dawdler. Time's job is to deflate nevertime.