Faith is almost the bottom line of creativity; it requires a leap of faith any time we undertake a creative endeavor, whether this is going to the easel, or the page, or onto the stage.

There is a connection between self-nurturing and self-respect.

When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my hands.

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

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

Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse.

... 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.