An artist paints, dances, draws, writes, designs, or acts at the expanding edge of consciousness. We press into the unknown rather than the known. This makes life lovely and lively.

Stop telling yourself that dreams don't matter, that they are only dreams and that you should be more sensible.

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do.

Writing-and this is the big secret-wants to be written. Writing loves a writer the way God loves a true devotee. Writing will fill your heart if you let it. It will fill your pages and help to fill your life.

Being in the mood to write, like being in the mood to make love, is a luxury that isn't necessary in a long-term relationship. Just as the first caress can lead to a change of heart, the first sentence, however tentative and awkward, can lead to a desire to go just a little further.

No matter how sophisticated our lives may be we need to think of ourselves as creative children.

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.