The main thing is to writefor the joy of it. Cultivate a work-lustthat imagines its haven like your hands at nightdreaming the sun in the sunspot of a breast. You are fasted now, light-headed, dangerous. Take off from here.

Seamus Heaney
About This Quote

The above quote is from the book "The Creative Habit" by Twyla Tharp. In this book, Twyla Tharp discusses her theory that passion and productivity go hand-in-hand. If you write (or do anything else that you love) for the joy of it, then you will be able to work hard and produce great things. But if you work hard because you believe it has to be done in order to earn money, then you will be able to find little joy and you will not feel productive until it is too late.

Source: Station Island

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