Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.


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Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.
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I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.
CHUCK CLOSE
I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK
Jack Palance was my distant uncle - that's the family gossip. Growing up, my family knew everyth...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK
Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is ou...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK
My mother lived through the Great Depression. Her family of 11 children pulled themselves up by thei...
CHUCK NORRIS
We won the Cold War because we showed nuclear vigilance and diligence.
CHUCK FLEISCHMANN
What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way ...
CHUCK GRASSLEY
Forget the historic nature of his election having to do with skin color - Obama has an opportunity o...
CHUCK TODD
I'm always trying to reach a transcendent point, a romantic point, but reach it in a really unco...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK
When children are exposed to advertisements for unhealthy food, they will, in turn, consume signific...
CHUCK NORRIS
To me, every interview, even if you love the artist, needs to be somewhat adversarial. Which doesn&#...
CHUCK KLOSTERMAN
My best advice for writers is: Have your adventures, make your mistakes, and choose your friends poo...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK
With a book, you're guaranteed the audience has a certain skill level and that the audience has ...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK
I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you...
CHUCK NORRIS
If there had been zombies on the iceberg when the Titanic hit it, that would have made a much better...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK