As we lose our vagueness about ourself, our values, our life situation, we become available to the moment. It is there, in the particular, that we contact the creative self. Art lies in the moment of encounter: we meet our truth and we meet ourselves; we meet ourselves and we meet our self-expression .

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

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.

When we put the pen to paper, we articulate things in our life that we may have felt vague about. Before you write about something, somebody says, 'How do you feel?' and you say, 'Oh, I feel okay.' Then you write about it, and you discover you don't feel okay.

We have this idea that we need to be in the mood to write. We don't.

Water seeks its own level and water rises collectively

Anger is meant to be acted upon. It is not meant to be acted out.