As an experienced artist, I carry my work like a secret pregnancy. I am always aware of inner life and the need to protect it.

It is important to remember that at first blush, going sane feels just like going crazy.

... success or failure, the truth of a life really has little to do with its quality. The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.

Treating myself like a precious object will make me strong.

The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all. . . Fear is what blocks an artist. The fear of not being good enough. The fear of not finishing. The fear of failure and of success. The fear of beginning at all.

Creativity makes life useful to us. It also makes us useful to life.

Making art is a rite of initiation. People change their souls.