Holiness ... is nothing we can *do* ... It is gift, sheer gift, waiting there to be recognized and received. We do not have to be qualified to be holy. We do not have to be qualified to be whole, or healed.Made

Inspiration more often comes during the work than before it, because the largest part of the job of an artist is to listen to the work.

But unless we are creators, we are not fully alive.

prayer is whenever we consciously try to get in contact with the numinous, the ineffable, the marvelous.

Man is; it matters to him; this is terrifying unless it matters to God, too, because this is the only possible reason we can matter to ourselves.

Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.

Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.