Julia Cameron Quotes

Going off the grid is always good for me. It's the way that I've started books and finished books and gotten myself out of deadline dooms and things.

There's nothing more stressful than your stomach growling. But interestingly enough, some of my best writing came when I was poor and hungry - living off water and oatmeal, mind clear.

As soon as I finish meditating, I get a beautiful feeling of expanded consciousness. When I'm in this headspace I can make so much progress in my writing.

Write even when the world is chaotic. You don’t need a cigarette, silence, music, a comfortable chair, or inner peace to write. You just need ten minutes and a writing implement.

It's kind of ridiculous that I find inspiration in just getting away from everything. But when you've gone through it, you realize that it's the enemy. It's a distraction from what you're really doing. You've got to keep moving. Like a shark.

To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.

Writing is very good for household tasks. Because you'd rather fix a dripping tap or paint an old wall - you'd rather do almost anything than sit and write. I have to reach a point of obsession in order to write, and so I find starting a book incredibly difficult.

The simple things in life ground me and keep me focused so I'm able to do a good job with what is in front of me.

Writing crystallizes thought and thought produces action.

I always tell people a clean cooking area is a clean mind which is available for the creativity.

I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.

Clarity keeps you from boredom.

Writing is a very focused form of meditation. Just as good as sitting in a lotus position.

Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity.

Anything you can do to stay organized and free up the creative side of your brain is a good thing.

Every morning I wake up with new ideas.

I think it does Discworld good if I don't write about it all the time: sometimes you have to get it out of your system.

On a good day I write, all day.

I get my best ideas in a thunderstorm. I have the power and majesty of nature on my side.

I think New York is a good place to write in general because it's a grid. It's organized. You know where you are on the map. That centers you, and your imagination is perhaps freer to roam.

It's an old principle, as old as the Buddha or Marcus Aurelius: We need at times to step away from our lives in order to put them in perspective. Especially if we wish to be productive.

I find that stability is good for my creativity.

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.

When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so much losing yourself but you're sort of in the zone.

Rain is good for me. I feel like I achieve clarity actually when it rains. The longer I have to sit and wait, the clearer my game becomes to me.