And sometimes when we listen, we are led into places we do not expect, into adventures we do not always understand.

My dear, I'm seldom sure of anything. Life at best is a precarious business, and we aren't told that difficult or painful things won't happen, just that it matters. It matters not just to us but to the entire universe.

you and I have good enough minds to know how very limited and finite they really are. The naked intellect is an extraordinarily inaccurate instrument.

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.

you've got to learn to walk through a pigpen and not get dirty.

On the other side of pain, there is still love.

For the things that are seen are temporal, but things that are unseen are eternal.