Julia Cameron
Julia Cameron
Julia B. Cameronis an American teacher, author, artist, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, composer, and journalist. She is most famous for her book The Artist's Way. She also has written many other non-fiction works, short stories, and essays, as well as novels, plays, musicals, and screenplays...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 March 1948
CountryUnited States of America
block building building-blocks
Workaholism is a block, not a building block.
writing path right-thing
To write is to right things. A path will emerge.
path right-path
When we are on our right path, we have a surefootedness.
artist
A working artist is a playing artist.
writing over-you paper
When we put the pen to paper, we articulate things in our life that we may have felt vague about. Before you write about something, somebody says, 'How do you feel?' and you say, 'Oh, I feel okay.' Then you write about it, and you discover you don't feel okay.
writing conscious fluid
When we write about our lives we respond to them. As we respond to them we are rendered more fluid, more centered, more agile on our own behalf. We are tendered conscious.
practice clothes long
Practice being kind to yourself in small, concrete ways. Look at your refrigerator. Are you feeding yourself nicely? Do you have socdks? An extra set of sheets? What about a new house plant? A thermos for the long drive to work? Allow yourself to pitch out some of your ragged clothes. You don't have to keep everything.
soul empty empty-souls
Money cannot fill an empty soul.
writing mind want
If you want to write a novel, it's the Divine mind wanting to express.
dream midwife clusters
We are meant to midwife dreams for one another. Success occurs in clusters
writing medicine injury
Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. It is an appropriate companion for any difficult change.
thinking editors said
When I went in, my editor said, ‘I hope you don’t think you’re a writer.’ And I said, ‘I hope you don’t think I’m a journalist.’ And, uh, turned out we were both right.
artist order giving
Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse. . . Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be willing to be a bad artist. Give yourself permission to be a beginner. By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one
children artist creative
Our internal artist is always our creative child.