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Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. It is an appropriate companion for any difficult change.

Julia Cameron

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Libertyville
Illinois
Writing
Antidote
Companion
Injury
Appropriate
Medicine
Difficult
Change

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Often it is tenacity, not talent, that rules the day.
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The creator made us creative. Our creativity is our gift from God. Our use of it is our gift to God. Accepting this bargain is the beginning of true self-acceptance.
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When we let God be God and work through us, we experience both a sense of serenity and excitement.
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If we are forever yearning for more time, we are forever discounting what is offered.
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As we open our creative channel to the creator, many gentle but powerful changes are to be expected.
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Creativity is not and never has been sensible.
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Creativity is a spiritual issue.
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I plant the seeds of love in my heart. I plant the seeds of love in the hearts of others.
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Many of us believe that 'real artists' do not experience self-doubt. In truth, artists are people who have learned to live with doubt and do the work anyway.
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I think of making love and making art as being very parallel. Even the most amateur attempt can be thrilling.
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Anger is meant to be acted upon. It is not meant to be acted out.
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When we put the pen to paper, we articulate things in our life that we may have felt vague about. Before you write about something, somebody says, 'How do you feel?' and you say, 'Oh, I feel okay.' Then you write about it, and you discover you don't feel okay.
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All of us contain a divine, expressive spark, a creative candle intended to light our path and that of our fellows.
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By listening to the creator within, we are led to our right path.
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The grace to be a beginner is always the best prayer for an artist.
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