Jim Rohn Quotes

When I was young, I kept a diary for about 10 years and I had to write in it every day. Even on days when nothing seemed to happen, I made myself think of something to put in it.

Sometimes I journal three pages, sometimes I journal thirty pages, but I'm writing all the time, and whatever's happening is happening in real time for me.

Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.

The only thing I have done religiously in my life is keep a journal. I have hundreds of them, filled with feathers, flowers, photographs, and words - without locks, open on my shelves.

I write a diary every day.

I recommend free writing in the morning and the evening as a type of mental shower.

Keep a journal, and don't assume that your work has to accomplish anything worthy: artists and peace-workers are in it for the long haul, and not to be judged by immediate results.

When I am grown up I shall carry a notebook—a fat book with many pages, methodically lettered. I shall enter my phrases.

I write in a journal occasionally. But it is not a daily discipline for me.

I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a try now.

I really just want to continue to challenge myself. And I want to continue to grow as an artist. I never want to stop.

I really liked the idea of creating a journal myself. It's like the way I clear my throat. I write a page every day, maybe 500 words. It could be about something I'm specifically worried about in the new novel; it could be a question I want answered; it could be something that's going on in my personal life. I just use it as an exercise.

I've kept a diary since I was 11.

Writing nonfiction has been my most serious education, and for all those years it kept me from even glancing in the direction of despair.

Journaling is something that I've always tried to get into.

I've always been a journal-keeper. I've always tried to write about how I'm experiencing life, and my feelings and thoughts.

The music I make and the process of acting, for me, are both about trying to understand people and get inside what makes us tick. That's the main thing that excites me. Our sense of who we really are and what drives us.

If I can keep losing myself - and finding parts of myself - in other people's writing and direction, then that's all I can really ask for. That's all I want, to keep losing myself.

I've been keeping a journal since I was in the seventh grade.

I've been keeping journals since I was 13.

In many ways, I've been writing personal stories all my life.

I keep a diary because I love this writer, David Sedaris, and he writes a lot about his diary, and he inspired me to keep one.

Honestly, I don't feel pressure to live up to anything I've done because I tend to not listen to my work once a year passes.

I've been journaling longer than I've been a musician, longer than I've been an artist, longer than I've been a writer in general.

Playing games and watching film, I've been able to see the improvements I can make and how much better I can be. It's exciting to think about it.