So you see, imagination needs moodling—long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering.

—Brenda Ueland

About Brenda Ueland

Brenda Ueland (October 24, 1891 – March 5, 1985) was an American journalist, editor, freelance writer, and teacher of writing. She is best known for her book If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit.

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Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God and his messengers.

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So you see, imagination needs moodling - long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering.