The Door

by Magda Szabó

She didn’t address me directly until she was able to place me in her scheme of things, until she had a clear sense of who I was and what title was appropriate for me. And in this too she was right. Until your attitude to a person is clear, any such defining term will be inaccurate.

creativity requires a state of grace. So many things are required for it to succeed — stimulus and composure, inner peace and a kind of bitter-sweet excitement