Like and equal are not the same thing at all. -- Meg Murray

artists ... all have a need that cannot be met by another human being.

We tend to defend vigorously things that in our deepest hearts we are not quite certain about. If we are certain of something we know, it doesn't need defending.

It's not my brain that's writing the book, it's these hands of mine.

When we are self-conscious, we cannot be wholly aware; we must throw ourselves out first. This throwing ourselves away is the act of creativity.

When we make ourselves vulnerable, we do open ourselves to pain, sometimes excruciating pain. The more people we love, the more we are liable to be hurt, and not only by the people we love, but for the people we love.

The unending paradox is that we do learn through pain.