When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then the artist listens.

All real art is, in its true sense, religious; it is a religious impulse; there is no such thing as a non-religious subject. But much bad or downright sacrilegious art depicts so-called religious subjects.

If we don't pray according to the needs of the heart, we repress our deepest longings. Our prayers may not be rational, and we may be quite aware of that, but if we repress our needs, then those unsaid prayers will fester.

Meg, when people don't know who they are, they are open either to being Xed, or Named

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.

Infinity is present in each part. A loving smile contains all art. The motes of starlight spark and dart. A grain of sand holds power and might.

If we are to be aware of life while we are living it, we must have the courage to relinquish our hard-earned control of ourselves.