Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.
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Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are.
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You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
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