Only one of You.

"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open."

(Quoted in Agnes de Mille, Dance to teh Piper Little, Brown, 1952, p. 256.) I read this in the book: Dear Genius by Leonard S. Marcus. They are the letters to authors and illustrators from Ursula Nordstrom. She "Could not resist the temptation to write." (introduction)She worked with E.B. White and Margaret Wise Brown and Shel Silverstein. Large book that I am perusing for good ideas, quotes.