Michelle

“A good-enough novel violently written now is better than a perfect novel meticulously written never.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“Creativity is sacred, and it is not sacred. What we make matters enormously, and it doesn’t matter at all. We toil alone, and we are accompanied by spirits. We are terrified, and we are brave. Art is a crushing chore and a wonderful privilege. Only when we are at our most playful can divinity finally get serious with us. Make space for all these paradoxes to be equally true inside your soul, and I promise—you can make anything. So please calm down now and get back to work, okay? The treasures that are hidden inside you are hoping you will say yes.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“We must understand the need for perfectionism is a corrosive waste of time, because nothing is ever beyond criticism. No matter how many hours you spend to render something flawless, somebody will always be able to find fault with it.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“You can recognize the people who live for others by the haunted look on the faces of the others.”)”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear