Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

by Elizabeth Gilbert

The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them.

I’m talking about living a life that is driven more strongly by curiosity than by fear.

You’re afraid you have no talent.

You’re afraid you don’t have the right kind of work space, or financial freedom, or empty hours in which to focus on invention or exploration. You’re afraid you don’t have the right kind of training

You’re afraid your best work is behind you.

You’re afraid you never had any best work to begin with. You’re afraid you neglected your creativity for so long that now you can never get it back.

You’re afraid you’re too ol...

“Argue for your limitations and you get to keep them.”

And at the end of your days, you can thank creativity for having blessed you with a charmed, interesting, passionate existence.