Bhagavad-Gita tells us we have a right only to our labor, not to the fruits of our labor.
Its [Resistance] aim is to shove us away, distract us from doing our work.
The Muse honors the working stiff.
When deliberating, think in campaigns and not battles; in wars and notcampaigns; in ultimate conquest and not wars.
We're never alone. As soon as we step outside the campfire glow, our Muse lights on our shoulder like a butterfly. The act of courage calls for infallibly that deeper part of ourselves that supports a...
Fundamentalism is the philosophy of the powerless, the conquered, the displaced and the dispossessed. Its spawning ground is the wreckage of political and military defeat, as Hebrew fundamentalism aro...
When we drug ourselves to blot out our soul's call, we are being good Americans and exemplary consumers.
Resistance is always lying and always full of shit.
The more resistance you experience, the more important your unmanifested art/project/enterprise is to you - and the more gratification you will fell when you finally do it.
The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment. The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
The marine corps teaches you how to be miserable. This is invaluable for an artist. Marines love to be miserable. Marines derive a perverse satisfaction in having colder chow, crappier equipment, and...
If you're are paralyzed with fear it's a good sign. It shows you what you have to do.
What we get when we turn pro is we find our power. We find our will and our voice and we find our self-respect. We become who we always were but had, until then, been afraid to embrace and live out.
The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.
Our job in this life is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.
Attention Deficit Disorder, Seasonal Affect Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder. These aren't diseases, they're marketing ploys. Doctors didn't discover them, copywriters did. Marketing departments did....
We’re all pros already. 1) We show up every day 2) We show up no matter what 3) We stay on the job all day 4) We are committed over the long haul 5) The stakes for us are high and real 6) We accept re...
To labor in the arts for any reason other than love is prostitution.
This man has conquered the world! What have you done?The philosopher replied without an instant's hesitation, I have conquered the need to conquer the world.
Are you a born writer? Were you put on earth to be a painter, a scientist, an apostle of peace? In the end the question can only be answered by action.Do it or don't do it.It may help to think of it t...