If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.

What is of most moment of compassion is not feelings of pity but feelings of togetherness.

A job is something we do to get a paycheck and pay our bills. Jobs are legitimate, at times, but work is why we are here in the universe. Work and calling often go together.

Having a studio tell you when to jump and how high eight months of the year for six years is not a relationship I want to get into again.

Humor and paradox are often the only ways to respond to life's sorrow with grace.

I consider Otto Rank to be one of the great spiritual giants of the twentieth century, a genius as a psychologist and a saint as a human being. Though vilified by his original community of Freudians, he never became bitter. He died a feminist and deeply committed to social justice, in 1939....His deep understanding of creativity makes him a mentor for all of us living in a postmodern world....I believe that Art and Artist, especially chapters 12 to 14, may well emerge as the most valuable psychoanalysis of the spiritual life in our time.

I'm sorry, but I can't make a movie with the blonde from 'ER' who is starring in every single bad romantic comedy.