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

Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control.

The beginner's humility and openness lead to exploration. Exploration leads to accomplishment. All of it begins at the beginning, with the first small and scary step.

Agendas tend to drain the life out of relationships.

Because if you're trying to write and you have unlimited time, you can procrastinate an unlimited account, but if you have limited time, you rush to the page trying to get something down in the little bit of fragment of time that you have, and you may write a great deal that way.

There is no such thing as being done with an artistic life. Frustrations and rewards exist at all levels on the path.

Try approving of yourself just as you are, and spoiling yourself rotten with small kid's pleasures.