I believe that what we want to write wants to be written. I believe that as I have an impulse to create,… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
I grew up in what you might call a relentlessly creative household. We were given art supplies, music supplies... Our mother knew… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of… — Julia Cameron Art Copy Share Image
“real artists can survive the most hostile environments and yet find their true calling like homing pigeons. That’s hogwash. Many real artists… — Julia Cameron Art Copy Share Image
It takes constant vigilance not to slip into negativity or simple apathy. It takes courage to believe over any given period of… — Julia Cameron Apathy Copy Share Image
You are asked to keep a ledger - a small notebook will do - of money in and money out. Counting brings… — Julia Cameron Clarity Copy Share Image
“It is one of the gifts of great spiritual teachers to make things simple. It is one of the gifts of their… — Julia Cameron Religion Copy Share Image
My life is at least as intricate as my readers' lives. People say that 'The Artist's Way' changed their lives, but when… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Fatigue can make it hard to have faith. Too much busyness can make it hard to have faith. Too much of too… — Julia Cameron Extremes Copy Share Image
When we write about our lives we respond to them. As we respond to them we are rendered more fluid, more centered,… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
“Boredom is just “What’s the use?” in disguise. And “What’s the use?” is fear, and fear means you are secretly in despair.… — Julia Cameron Boredom Copy Share Image
When we put the pen to paper, we articulate things in our life that we may have felt vague about. Before you… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Far from making me feel different and special, my [spiritual] experiences made me feel the same, ordinary, and interconnected. If I felt… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
In limits, there is freedom. Creativity thrives within structure. Creating safe havens where our children are allowed to dream, play, make a… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Anger is meant to be acted on. It is not meant to be acted out. Anger points the direction. We are meant… — Julia Cameron Action Copy Share Image
Because if you're trying to write and you have unlimited time, you can procrastinate an unlimited account, but if you have limited… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
People frequently believe the creative life is grounded in fantasy. The more difficult truth is that creativity is grounded in reality, in… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Creativity is our true nature; blocks are an unnatural thwarting of a process at once as normal and as miraculous as the… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
I ask to be made beautiful like the trees are beautiful, each growing according to a unique plan. Lop off a limb… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
“Remember that even if you have made a truly rotten piece of art, it may be a necessary stepping-stone to your next… — Julia Cameron Art Copy Share Image
So much of our mythology around money centers on the illusion that if we had 'more,' we would be more comfortable and… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Writing is a spiritual practice in that people that have no spiritual path can undertake it and, as they write, they begin… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
I learned, when hit by loss, to ask the right question: "What next?" instead of "Why me?" . . . Whenever I… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Being in the mood to write, like being in the mood to make love, is a luxury that isn't necessary in a… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
There's this mythology that parents are supposed to be parents 24/7 and are supposed to be completely fulfilled by their kids. That's… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse. . . Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be… — Julia Cameron Abuse Copy Share Image
Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
The doing of something productive regardless of the outcome is an act of faith. The doing of a small something when a… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
I have a personal prosperity plan. I know where my money goes, and how I can spend it more fruitfully. A prosperity… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
There is not one pink flower, or even fifty pink flowers, but hundreds. Snowflakes, of course, are the ultimate exercise in sheer… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
When we survey our lives, seeking to fulfil our creativity, we often see we had a dream that went glimmering because we… — Julia Cameron Creativity Copy Share Image
It is my experience both as an artist and as a teacher that when we move out on faith into the act… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
We imagine that if we had time we would quiet our more shallow selves and listen to a deeper flow of inspiration.… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Walk with me to the edge of the city, / Take off your shoes and feel the earth. / Remember who you… — Julia Cameron Bird Copy Share Image
In times of pain, when the future is too terrifying to contemplate and the past too painful to remember, I have learned… — Julia Cameron Attention Copy Share Image
Setting skepticism aside, even briefly, can make for very interesting explorations. It is not necessary that we change any of our beliefs.… — Julia Cameron Belief Copy Share Image
In recovering from our creative blocks, it is necessary to go gently and slowly... These are baby steps. Progress, not perfection, is… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Answered prayers are scary. They imply responsibility. You asked for it. Now that you've got it, what are you going to do?… — Julia Cameron Answered prayers Copy Share Image