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

I believe that I am very lucky to have close friends who are faithful. From my friends, I have learned the importance of perseverance.

I started writing morning pages just to keep my hand in, you know, just because I was a writer and I didn't know what else to do but write. And then one day as I was writing, a character came sort of strolling in and I realized, Oh my God, I don't have to be just a screenwriter. I can write novels.

Do not call procrastination laziness. Call it fear.

When we walk, the two halves of our brains converse.

Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.

While there is no quick fix for instant, pain-free creativity, creative recovery (or discovery) is a teachable, trackable spiritual process. Each of us is complex and highly individual, yet there are common recognizable denominators to the creative recovery process.