What you really want is all too often hidden just behind what you think you want.
That moment you realize you are doing the right thing for the wrong reasons and the wrong thing for the right reasons.
Be what you are, all that you are. Wear yourself proudly. It will require that you draw a line, but that line in the sand is your courage.
Live inside your stories, yes, but do not hide behind them.
I know it's difficult in the beginning. But, listen. If you have the impulse to write, do yourself a favor, do the world a favor, and write.
I've never been high. Writing is my drug of choice. You don't ever have to come down from that kind of high, I tell ya. And, best part is, it's free.
I write because that is what I am supposed to do.
Your writing should be filled with simple complexities and complex simplicities. Because that is life.
You know you are a writer when characters inside your brain keep demanding, 'This is my story! Now tell it or I will never leave you alone!
Nothing makes you feel smaller than New York City...
Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.
My stories are my children. Some are sweet infants that I coddle and care for. Others are old enough now, they need to damn well get a job!
Growing up, I used to climb out my window onto the roof and look up at the stars. There, in the quiet, I would write stories inside my head.
Don't fool yourself. Talking about writing is not the same as actually doing it.
Souls are more important than stories, yes. But stories are a window to the soul. Without stories, the soul suffocates.
I just slept for fifteen hours straight. Yes, writing a musical is THAT exhausting!
A writer writes. There are no exceptions to this reality. No excuses. Stop wasting time talking about your stories and get them on paper.
Because. Everything worth anything takes time.
Don't be afraid of what you're creating.
I am swimming in a sea of words, attempting to keep my head above water.
As you near a finish line, do not slow down. Instead, run faster. Give all you have left until it is done. It is then that you may collapse.
