Resistance By Definition Is Self-sabotage.

The Best And Only Thing That One Artist Can Do For Another Is To Serve As An Example And An Inspiration.

When We're Living As Amateurs, We're Running Away From Our Calling - Meaning Our Work, Our Destiny, The Obligation To Become Our Truest And Highest Selves.

Right Now With Blogs And The Flood Of Internet Access, A Multitude Of Aspiring Writers Think They're Ready For Prime Time. They're Not. Be Great. Read. Write. Bust Your Ass. Learn And Find Your Voice. As Hard As You Think It Is, It's A Hundred Times Harder.

Ambition, I Have Come To Believe, Is The Most Primal And Sacred And Fundament Of Our Being. To Feel Ambition And To Act Upon It Is To Embrace The Unique Calling Of Our Souls. Not To Act Upon That Ambition Is To Turn Our Backs On Ourselves And On The Reason For Our Existence.

The Professional Is Acutely Aware Of The Intangibles That Go Into Inspiration. Out Of Respect For Them, She Lets Them Work. She Grants Them Their Sphere While She Concentrates On Hers.