We should learn to accept that change is truly the only thing that's going on always, and learn to ride with it and enjoy it.

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's 'mature' critics often are.

You really can't be a good artist if you can't say what you really feel. And people may be offended, but, you know, that's how you feel, and that is your right, and that is your gift as well.

Love yourself. Just love yourself. In fact, the love of the self cures every kind of problem you have with yourself. For instance, if someone calls you nappy-headed, it rolls right off your body, if you love nappy hair. Or if someone calls you buck-toothed or too black, that won't be a problem if you love being buck-toothed or black. If you love it, then so what. The development of self-love cures many of the ills that people suffer from.

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

Nature has created us with the capacity to know God, to experience God.