OK here it goes . . .
This is from JMS's Q&A session at the Saturday Comic Book Convention. I can't make out some words and punctuation's all over the place but the message is clear.
Question: You're well known for advising and encouraging people to follow their dreams. What about people who may not have found their dreams or may have lost it along the way? What would you say to them?
JMS: I'd say bulls_ _t . You know in your heart what you want to do. You may be denying it but you always know. Ah . . .look at kids . . . they spontaneously sing, spontaneously dance, tell stories, and act thimgs out. Then, somewhere along the line someone says, "You can't do that - you shouldn't do that - professionals do that - they're trained to do that and you shouln't do that." And, you stop doing these things. You stop listening to the voice in your head that says I enjoy this.
What you want to do is what gives you pleasure. My parents said, "Comic books - bad - you can't make a living with that stuff. Stop watching television all the time." I've made a living doing what I love. The first part being, of course, finding out what it is that you love. You know that in your heart. So when someone says to me, "I don't know what I want to do." Bulls_ _t. You may be afraid to try it. That's a whole different scenario.
People want to live lives of courage. It's not necessary ___________. I'm foursquare for courage, I always have been. But I don't believe in denying the obivious, you know. Who in this room knows what they want to do with their life _______ whether it's a parent ________ fear. Back here you know (he either pointed to his head or his heart)what gives you pleasure. What do you like doing. Whether it's parents who want you to be a doctor . . . and your goal is you love being a carpener. You love working with wood - left to your own devices you could be a good carpener. You can spend your days doing what you enjoy.
________ talks about his grandfather, who was a painter, an illustrator, and he was dying and what do you say. The grandfather said, "Look, I'm fine because there's two kind of tired - good tired and bad tired. Bad tired, ironically enought, can be a day when you've won. You've fought someone else's battles, lived their agendas, fought for their goals and there wasn't much of you in there. Good tired can be a day in which you've lost. You've fought your battles, lived your agendas."
_________ I wish I could have done more stuff but I'm good tired and they can take me away. Whatever you can say about me and my work, I'm good tired and that's the goal to become good tired. And that's the advice I know - become good tired.
