01UndatedWhen we write from the inside out rather than the outside in, when we write about what most concerns us rather than about what we feel might sell, we often write so well and so persuasively that the market responds to our efforts.Julia Cameron / quote ↗
02UndatedI do not put in long hours at the keys - or very seldom. Instead, I snatch time. I write in the crannies of my life.Julia Cameron / quote ↗
07UndatedWhen we seek daily spiritual guidance, we are guided toward the next step forward for our art. Sometimes the step is very small. Sometimes the step is, "Wait. Not now." Sometimes the step is, "Work on something else for a while." When we are open to Divine Guidance, we will receive it. It will come to us as the hunch, the inkling, the itch. It will come to us as timely conversations with others. It will come to us in many ways--but it will come.Julia Cameron / quote ↗
08UndatedListening to the siren song of more, we are deaf to the still small voice waiting in our soul to whisper, ‘You’re enough.Julia Cameron / quote ↗
09UndatedIf we are interested in a writing life - as opposed to a writing career - then we are in it for the process and not the product - for the body of work and not for the quick hit of one well-realised piece.Julia Cameron / quote ↗
10UndatedArtists and intellectuals are not he same animal. This causes a great deal of confusion. Our schools teach educate us intellectually but not artistically. We learn to deconstruct art, not construct it.Julia Cameron / quote ↗
11UndatedThere is a path for each of us. When we are on our right path, we have a surefootedness. We know the next right action―Although not necessarily what is just around the bend.Julia Cameron / quote ↗
12UndatedDoing it all the time, whether or not we are in the mood, gives us ownership of our writing ability. It takes it out of the realm of conjuring where we stand on the rock of isolation, begging the winds for inspiration, and it makes it something as do-able as picking up a hammer and pounding a nail. Writing may be an art, but it is certainly a craft. It is a simple and workable thing that can be as steady and reliable as a chore—does that ruin the romance?Julia Cameron / quote ↗
13UndatedWe go into parenting, and we discover that we don't have the answers. We are at a loss.Julia Cameron / quote ↗
14UndatedI think that 'Floor Sample' is a story of resiliency, a lifelong spiritual search, and a lifelong sense of spiritual companionship that is most often expressed as creativity. My desire in writing the book was to step from behind the icon of 'Julia the teacher' and introduce 'Julia the artist.'Julia Cameron / quote ↗
15UndatedCreativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.Julia Cameron / quote ↗
16UndatedArt used to be made in the name of faith. We made cathedrals, we made stained-glass windows, we made murals.Julia Cameron / quote ↗
17UndatedTechnology teaches passivity. Absorbed in our devices - at any age - we are absorbed in someone else's perspective.Julia Cameron / quote ↗
18UndatedWhen it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my hands.Julia Cameron / quote ↗
