There will be many times when we won't look good-to ourselves or anyone else. We need to stop demanding that we do. It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time.

when I talk about a writing life, I'm talking about a life in which writing is the dominant response to living.

In order to have a real relationship with our creativity, we must take the time and care to cultivate it.

Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness.

Soul is not about function; it's about beauty, form, and memory.

Many of us believe that 'real artists' do not experience self-doubt. In truth, artists are people who have learned to live with doubt and do the work anyway.

When I listen to love, I am listening to my true nature. When I express love, I am expressing my true nature. All of us love. All of us do it more and more perfectly. The past has brought us both ashes and diamonds. In the present we find the flowers of what we've planted and the seeds of what we are becoming. I plant the seeds of love in my heart. I plant the seeds of love in the hearts of others.