All paths cause pain, so to chose the safe over the audacious will not give you less pain, only less beauty.

An artist without obsession isn't worth a damn!

Stop tolerating in your leaders what you would not tolerate in your friends.

Our choices are truncated in evil's presence.

There are writers I know and respect who are very good about what's outside, and not too hot about what's inside.

An artist doesn't depend upon inspiration or have to have it. An artist doesn't depend on mood, certainly not if you're earning your living with it. One of the definitions of a professional is you can do some writing if you have to, even in the most extreme situations.

Creativity is an innate function in a human being, as we see in tribal peoples, who spent their considerable leisure time making religious artifacts and sacred art. That is what I would call a direct culture, in that everybody in it is directly in touch with all the elements, both of the culture and of the environment.