Discomfort is the sign, you are on right track.

A book gets rejected because it's not ready to be published.

Always speak politely to an enraged dragon.

I work on one page, revising and polishing until I can't make it better, then move on to the next. Some pages might get 20 or more drafts before I move on.

If you don't expect much you can't be disappointed.

From the highest state of mind you have a window whereby you could perhaps move beyond all states of mind, to enlightenment.

Everything seems stupid when it fails.

Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family.

Nell was not one for friends and had never hidden her distaste for most other humans, their neurotic compulsion for the acquisition of allies.

It is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of high maturity, to rise to the level of self-criticism.

Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.