And by knowing what we fear, don't we know what we care about, how we are measuring our worth, what success looks like?" I asked. So isn't fear helpful, then?

— Patti Digh

Boredom is for the selfish.

— Patti Digh

Create inclusion - with simple mindfulness that others might have a different reality from your own.

— Patti Digh

Don't say you're a writer if you're not writing. Even if you're writing, don't call yourself a writer. Say instead, 'I write.' It's the verb that's important, not the noun.

— Patti Digh

Don't separate 'real' life from 'creative' life.

— Patti Digh

Equip yourself for your own needs.

— Patti Digh

Generosity has little to do with giving gifts, and everything to do with giving space to others to be who they are.

— Patti Digh

Great change doesn't come with official endorsement.

— Patti Digh

If you're alive, you're creative.

— Patti Digh

Instead of a book, what if we're actually writing (or not writing) in the margins of our lives? What if our lives are books? What is the sign of our presence? Are we pressing into the margins our interpretations and questions? Are we circling offending verbs and drawing furious arrows to the margin where we scrawl "irony," "frustration," "voiceless," "unfair!" Or do we simply turn the pages, passively receiving what's given, furiously disagreeing but remaining silent about it?

— Patti Digh