those who have an inclination toward chaos also have the most potential for greatness.

there is a fine line between progress and self-destruction.

both require obsessive qualities.

The greatest impediment to creativity is your impatience, the almost inevitable desire to hurry up the process, express something, and make a splash.

good or bad, it is better for someone to have a strong opinion about you as an artist than to have no opinion at all.

I think it’s important, as writers and people, to stand by what we say & believe. even if people dislike you for it; especially if they dislike you for it.

You possess a kind of inner force that seeks to guide you toward your Life’s Task —what you are meant to accomplish in the time that you have to live.

There is no rope in this image. This is carved from a single block of marble.

Is there a person alive today who could do this?

The undisciplined artist is not an artist at all, just a person with fleeting moments of inspiration.

Insomnia is a writer’s curse

when I cannot sleep, deep into the night, I feel at peace. in the company of ancestral silence; the only time when the world stops and you can hear what needs to be heard.

In death, a comedy

In life, a tragedy

In sleep, you straddle the lines of the unknown; becoming a wanderer across both worlds of play.

I’m living life like a 19th century poet