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> [I try to write into the heart of experience. Then, through the experience of the writing, that heart reveals itself to me. To write it down for others, as a door to go through it they choose, is the price…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ventura/i-try-to-write-into-the-heart-of-experience-then-through-the/)

[Michael Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ventura/)

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## More by Michael Ventura

> [“He became a surgeon because he was afraid of knives. He got married because he was afraid of women. He had a child because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ventura/he-became-a-surgeon-because-he-was-afraid-of-knives-he-got-married/)

[Michael Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ventura/)

> [Leave people alone when they tell you to leave them alone. If they mean it, they need it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ventura/leave-people-alone-when-they-tell-you-to-leave-them-alone-if-they/)

[Michael Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ventura/)

> [All paths cause pain, so to chose the safe over the audacious will not give you less pain, only less beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ventura/all-paths-cause-pain-so-to-chose-the-safe-over-the-audacious-will-not/)

[Michael Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ventura/)

> [That's what America's all about, man, if it's about anything. You can choose your own name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ventura/that-s-what-america-s-all-about-man-if-it-s-about-anything-you-can/)

[Michael Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ventura/)

> [“Work is a sacrament. Don't despise anyone's.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ventura/work-is-a-sacrament-don-t-despise-anyone-s/)

[Michael Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ventura/)

> [“In joy, our choices may appear to be few, but one's responses are anything but confined, they're inspired, expanded.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ventura/in-joy-our-choices-may-appear-to-be-few-but-one-s-responses-are/)

[Michael Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ventura/)

> [We have to be realistic about the brutal demands a money culture puts on the psyche, and there is a great cost to this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ventura/we-have-to-be-realistic-about-the-brutal-demands-a-money-culture-puts/)

[Michael Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ventura/)

> [The world of psychology and the world of normal life tends to look down on obsession. It's not good for you, and certainly not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ventura/the-world-of-psychology-and-the-world-of-normal-life-tends-to-look/)

[Michael Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ventura/)

> [Stop tolerating in your leaders what you would not tolerate in your friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ventura/stop-tolerating-in-your-leaders-what-you-would-not-tolerate-in-your/)

[Michael Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ventura/)

> [An artist doesn't depend upon inspiration or have to have it. An artist doesn't depend on mood, certainly not if you're earning your living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ventura/an-artist-doesn-t-depend-upon-inspiration-or-have-to-have-it-an/)

[Michael Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ventura/)

> [I never get my creativity flowing. I'm a pro, this is how I earn my living. If it don't flow, I don't eat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ventura/i-never-get-my-creativity-flowing-i-m-a-pro-this-is-how-i-earn-my/)

[Michael Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ventura/)

> [I require and enforce as non-interrupted a state of living as you can get in America right now without going off to live by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ventura/i-require-and-enforce-as-non-interrupted-a-state-of-living-as-you-can/)

[Michael Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ventura/)

> [When the people clamor to be shielded from reality, when they praise their government for keeping things from them, when they choose to conduct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ventura/when-the-people-clamor-to-be-shielded-from-reality-when-they-praise/)

[Michael Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ventura/)

> [If your vulnerability has become hardened, it's very, very difficult to be creative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ventura/if-your-vulnerability-has-become-hardened-it-s-very-very-difficult-to/)

[Michael Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ventura/)

> [The people you have to lie to, own you. The things you have to lie about, own you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ventura/the-people-you-have-to-lie-to-own-you-the-things-you-have-to-lie/)

[Michael Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ventura/)

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