“When you follow your bliss… doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors; and where there wouldn’t be a door for anyone else.” ~ Joseph Campbell (March 26, 1904 to October 30, 1987)
Joseph Campbell was an American mythologist, educator, and author. His books included The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949).
Most of us know a short version of this quotation, “follow your bliss” and may know to include “doors will open.” I used the excerpt in an earlier blogpost. Link:
https://andrewsmcbride.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/work-and-love/
The longer quote is illuminating, and gives us more of the context for what Campbell was saying.
[Sources: quotation partially known to me and verified through use of thinkexist.com, accessed October 18, 2010. Dates and biographical information from Wikipedia, accessed September 15, 2010].
Andrew Shattuck McBride, Writer's Blog 
I definitely like the extended quote much better.
Write on!
Carolyn
Carolyn,
I agree.
“Follow your bliss” is shorthand for a much more meaningful and deep quotation.
Write on Carolyn!
Blessings, Andy