For the neurotic, the merging of the subconscious and the conscious may be risky, just as it is for the users of drugs. But for the writer who is aware of the way in which this connection exists in reality and nourishes creativity, the sooner he can achieve a synthesis among intellect, emotion, and instinct, the sooner his work will be integrated.
More from Anais Nin
The dream has to be translated into reality.
Permalink to quote #79 I think that natural truths will cease to be spat at us like insults, that aesthetics will once more be linked with ethics, and that people will become aware t…
Permalink to quote #81 When she did finally fall asleep it was the restless sleep of the night watchman continuously aware of danger and of the treacheries of time seeking to cheat h…
Permalink to quote #78