Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

by Mason Currey

“time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle maneuvers.”

So she smuggled them in, making multiple trips across the border with six to ten of the creatures hidden under each breast.

If I hadn’t been at work all the time, I would have been a lunatic.”

“He said that it’s a very good idea that after you write a little bit, stop and then copy it. Because while you’re copying it, you’re thinking about it, and it’s giving you other ideas. And that’s the way I work. And it’s marvelous, just wonderful, the relationship between working and copying.”

bellowing up and down the scale or sometimes humming loudly to himself.

“work is still the best way of escaping from life!”

“My boy, smoking is one of the greatest and cheapest enjoyments in life, and if you decide in advance not to smoke, I can only feel sorry for you.”)