The tired parts of the mind can be rested and strengthened not merely by rest, but by using other parts.
When you are creating to the magnitude that I try to create, your brain is like a computer, and you need to refresh.
Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier.
You can be in terrible shape, and if you take a three-hour walk through the forest and along the river, you're simply not the same as when you started out.
The majority of my life is 'Guardians,' but being able to clean my brain a little bit by doing something totally different like 'Belko' was incredibly helpful to the creative process.
It would be wisest not to worry too much about the sterile periods. They ventilate the subject and instill into it the reality of daily life.
There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.
Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.
When I'm working, I always read stuff that's as far away from what I'm working on as possible, so I'll read American crime fiction at bedtime, or Emily Dickinson.
Just getting away from the game, getting away from basketball was a good thing for me.
I always take a fiction break in between business books to keep the content from bleeding together.
The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.
It's like having... you know, your phone has a charger, right? It's like having a charger for your whole body and mind. That's what Transcendental Meditation is!
I can't wait to get out of the house. I can't wait to get out of here. I've been telling myself this all week. The 'getting out of here' part is unspecified, though. Maybe I simply want to get away from life
I recommend that you try a little mental floss.
I like breakfast-time better than any other moment in the day. No dust has settled on one's mind then, and it presents a clear mirror to the rays of things.
Alternating the thoughtful task of writing with the mindless work of laundry or dish washing will give you the breaks you need for new ideas and insights to occur. If you don't know what comes next in the story... clean your toilet. Change the bed sheets. For Christ sakes, dust the computer. A better idea will come.
I really love the category on the site called Brain Massage.
You know how your charger for your phone? It's like if you had a charger for your whole body and mind
Take naps. Often new ideas come together when you are half asleep, but you have to train yourself to remember them.
The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.
Like your body your mind also gets tired so refresh it by wise sayings.
I just love switching stuff off and going for a run, or sitting down and eating cake.
Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery - it recharges by running.
