Run Wild
30th June 2016 | for Creatives | the creative life, Gustave Flaubert |
"Keep your life orderly, so your imagination can run wild."
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"No matter where you are in your career, whether you're published, unpublished or just starting out, walk through the world as a writer. That's who you are, and that's what you want to be, and don't take any guff off anybody."
Writing Is a Lifestyle
"Writing, for me, isn't a job; it's a lifestyle. So I treat it like that. I'm not always at the office, but I'm never done."
The Joy of Writing
"The joy of writing has propelled me from day to day and year to year."
Enjoy the Natural High
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Fight for Your Dreams
"You've got to go, 'No, I can't come into work on the weekends—[that's] when I work on my novel.' ... People deserve those dreams, and they have to fight for them. You don't want to be at the end of your life and go, 'I met all the obligations people had for me.'"