It is not the act of making art that is painful. It is the desire to make something and not acting on it that causes pain....A day when I don't write is less happy. This is not discipline. It is affection, enthusiasm, adventure-any number of other words besides discipline.


The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart (ed. Souvenir Press, 2013) - ISBN: 9780285642058


It is not the act of making art that is painful. It is the desire to make something and not acting on it that causes pain....A day when I don't write ...

It is not the act of making art that is painful. It is the desire to make something and not acting on it that causes pain....A day when I don't write ...

It is not the act of making art that is painful. It is the desire to make something and not acting on it that causes pain....A day when I don't write ...

It is not the act of making art that is painful. It is the desire to make something and not acting on it that causes pain....A day when I don't write ...