All forms of art are consciousness expanders, and I am convinced that they will take us further, and more consciously, than drugs.

We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it.

No long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought my love would never recover. And then, in the midst of near despair, something has happened beneath the surface. A bright little flashing fish of hope has flicked silver fins and the water is bright and suddenly I am returned to a state of love again - till next time.

Don't keep putting your anger off. Until you go through it, you can't get out of it.

When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe.

If it's not good enough for adults, it's not good enough for children. If a book that is going to be marketed for children does not interest me, a grownup, then I am dishonoring the children for whom the book is intended, and I am dishonoring books. And words.

I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect.