Tom Spangauer
"The act of making something from nothing will be the hardest thing you'll ever do."
— Tom Spangauer
for Creatives | creative process, creating isn't easy, Tom Spangauer
"When you go to the page you fuck up the music you hear in your head, and by fucking it up, you come to hear what that music sounds like. Then you can begin to change."
— Tom Spangauer
"Fiction is the lie that tells the truth truer."
— Tom Spangauer
"There's a battle going on inside all of us, why not acknowledge that this battle is what defines us as humans and start writing about how it feels to be in this perpetual battle?"
— Tom Spangauer
for Creatives | creating isn't easy, artist integrity, writing, Tom Spangauer
"We often have to write three hundred pages before our soul discloses to us what it is that was waiting to be discovered."
— Tom Spangauer
for Creatives | intuitive writing & pantsing, creative process, magic/mystery of creating/art, writing, word count, Tom Spangauer
"Dangerous writing is not serial killers or speed-crazed race car drivers. What makes writing dangerous is something much more personal. To write dangerous is something much more personal. To write dangerous is to go to parts of ourselves that we know exist but try to ignore—parts that are sad, sore; parts that are silent, and heavy. Taboo. Things that won't leave us alone."
— Tom Spangauer
for Creatives | creating isn't easy, artist integrity, creative fear, writing, Tom Spangauer
"Someone asked me once why I write and I replied, "Because I cannot speak and cry at the same time."
— Tom Spangauer