Our internal artist is always our creative child.

Art is born in attention.

we should write because writing brings clarity and passion to the act of living. writing is sensual, experiential, grounding. we should write because writing is good for the soul. we should write because writing yields us a body of work, a felt path through the world we live in.

I believe that I am very lucky to have close friends who are faithful. From my friends, I have learned the importance of perseverance.

I plant the seeds of love in my heart. I plant the seeds of love in the hearts of others.

Exercise often moves us straight from stagnation to inspiration, from problem to solution, from self-pity to self-respect.

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. . . Fear is what blocks an artist. The fear of not being good enough. The fear of not finishing. The fear of failure and of success. The fear of beginning at all.