Julia Cameron

Julia Cameron
Julia B. Cameronis an American teacher, author, artist, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, composer, and journalist. She is most famous for her book The Artist's Way. She also has written many other non-fiction works, short stories, and essays, as well as novels, plays, musicals, and screenplays...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 March 1948
CountryUnited States of America
dream doors flying
Take a small step in the direction of a dream and watch the synchronous doors flying open
art thinking making-love
I think of making love and making art as being very parallel. Even the most amateur attempt can be thrilling.
creativity gestation-period ideas
Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness... bright ideas are preceded by a gestation period that is interior, murky, and completely necessary.
choices together necklaces
Choice by choice, moment by moment, I build the necklace of my day, stringing together the choices that form artful living.
faith letting-go serenity
When we let God be God and work through us, we experience both a sense of serenity and excitement.
faith new-life world
I am a gate for God to accomplish great things. Through me and with me, new Life enters the world.
drama rain writing
Left to it's own devices, writing is like weather. It has a drama, a form, a force to it that shapes the day. Just as good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche. There is something very right about simply letting yourself write. And the way to do that is to begin, to begin where you are.
prayer responsibility scary
Answered prayers are scary. They imply responsibility. You asked for it. Now that you've got it, what are you going to do? Why else the cautionary phrase Watch out for what you pray for; you might just get it?
grace today needs
For today, all you need is the grace to begin beginning.
spiritual art apology
Apologies are the art of spiritual housekeeping. They help to put and keep our lives in order.
children names our-world
As children we hoard and gloat over words. Words give ownership: we name our world and we claim it...Children trust the power of words.
writing cherish acts-of-love
Writing is an act of cherishing... It is an act of love.
dream commitment support
It is the inner commitment to be true to ourselves and follow our dreams that triggers the support of the universe.
ideas color lines
Our modern ideas of 'functioning' through things are really quite inhuman. We have this idea that no matter what is going on we still have to color between the lines, act normal.