Answered prayers are scary. They imply responsibility. You asked for it. Now that you've got it, what are you going to do? Why else the cautionary phrase Watch out for what you pray for; you might just get it?

Artists are visionaries. We routinely practice a form of faith, seeing clearly and moving toward a creative goal that shimmers in the distance - often visible to us, but invisible to those around us.

You are either losing your mind -- or gaining your soul.

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.

Making art has taught me that the tiniest smidgen of progress is something to be cherished.

The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.

All of us contain a divine, expressive spark, a creative candle intended to light our path and that of our fellows.