Creativity is a spiritual issue.

One of our chief needs as creative beings is support. Unfortunately, this can be hard to come by. Ideally, we would be nurtured and encourages first by our nuclear family and then by ever-widening circles of friends, teachers, well-wishers. As young artists, we need and want to be acknowledged for our attempts and efforts as well as for our achievements and triumphs. Unfortunately, many artists never receive this critical early encouragement. As a result, they may not know they are artists at all.

Sometimes the dying live more fiercely and wisely than the rest of us. (146)

... 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.

We are meant to midwife dreams for one another. Success occurs in clusters

Don't try to 'fix' the child's boredom - rather, let the child find his or her inner resources.

Pivotal to a happy writing life is a practice of daily personal writing.