My heart holds the world in tender awe.

Writing is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality.

When we do what we really love, money will come, the door will open. We feel useful and work as a game that

But do you know how old I will be by the time I learn to really play the piano / act / paint / write a decent play?" Yes . . . the same age you will be if you don't.

Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite - getting something down.

Practice being kind to yourself in small, concrete ways. Look at your refrigerator. Are you feeding yourself nicely? Do you have socdks? An extra set of sheets? What about a new house plant? A thermos for the long drive to work? Allow yourself to pitch out some of your ragged clothes. You don't have to keep everything.

Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.