Enthusiasm is not an emotional state. It is a spiritual commitment, a loving surrender to our creative process. Enthusiasm - from the Greek, filled with God - is an ongoing energy supply tapped into the flow of life itself.

Creativity is God's gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God.

We will experience the life we have the faith to experience.

We must attend to what our inner guidance is nudging us toward.

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

We waste a lot of time and a lot of talent trying to write for the common reader, whom we will never meet. Instead we should be writing for our ideal reader.

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