The artist must be like that Marine. He has to know how to be miserable. He has to love being miserable. He has to take pride in being more miserable than any soldier or swabbie or jet jockey. Because this is war, baby. And war is hell.
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles (ed. Black Irish Entertainment LLC, 2002) - ISBN: 9781936891047