Creativity asks you to enter realms with uncertain outcomes. People want to create a safe life for themselves so they try to live without fear and they end up killing their creativity in the process.

You have to work ceaselessly on your end to digest and imbibe your opportunities or, I have come to believe, they will gradually slip away and knock on someone else's more receptive door.

I am determined to make the most of this life that I have, damn it - it's that kind of stubbornness I think we all need more of.

In fact, it was all I could do to stop myself from saying, 'I've always been a big fan of your work.

There is a reason they call God a presence - because God is right here, right now. In the present is the only place to find Him, and now is the only time.

There’s a crack (or cracks) in everyone…that’s how the light of God gets in.

Even in the worst tragedies and crisis, there’s no reason to add to everyone’s misery by looking miserable yourself.