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we should write because writing brings clarity and passion to the act of living. writing is sensual, experiential, grounding. we should write because writing is good for the soul. we should write because writing yields us a body of work, a felt path through the world we live in.

Julia Cameron

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
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Often it is tenacity, not talent, that rules the day.
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Most artists, ashamed of their need for encouragement, try to carry their work to term like a secret pregnancy.
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We will experience the life we have the faith to experience.
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There is a treadmill quality to workaholism.
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In a sense, as we are creative beings, our lives become our work of art.
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I believe that the dark night of the soul is a common spiritual experience. I believe, too, that the answer is continued seeking and perseverance. It helps to know that others have endured a loss of faith.
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Leap, and the net appears.
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What would a nontoxic god think of your creative goals? Might such a god really exist?
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We waste a lot of time and a lot of talent trying to write for the common reader, whom we will never meet. Instead we should be writing for our ideal reader.
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