“Serious writers write, inspired or not. Over time they discover that routine is a better friend than inspiration.” WritingInspirationSeriousInspiredRoutine Book:The Writer's Book of Hope: Getting from Frustration to Publication Source: The Writer's Book of Hope: Getting from Frustration to Publication
“Even if the being is not entirely purified, varieties of inspirations and powers may come down from above but this may lead to serious errors. Inspirations from above mixing with the impurities from below get all muddled up and the sadhak takes this for an absolute command. Many a sadhak has thus fallen into danger. Therefore, one must particularly lay stress on the purification of the being.” IfsMayInspirationDangerSeriousStressAbsolutesLaysErrorsCommandVarietyFallenMixingPurificationImpurity Author:Sri Aurobindo
“I love to be alone, I find it necessary, but I don't know if that's just how I am or if it's an essential ingredient to making, to art. Certainly on a practical level it is. But on the other hand, I think it's a myth that the creative inspiration is locked up inside the person and just needs a quiet space and the right "serious" brooding moment to get released.” ThinkingArtMomentsInspirationCreativeSeriousQuietMythLocked Up Author:Rachel Kushner