My spirit life is also the medium in which I live. It's not something that comes and goes. Without one the other wouldn't exist.

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

If your vulnerability has become hardened, it's very, very difficult to be creative.

An artist without obsession isn't worth a damn!

Our choices are truncated in evil's presence.

It may be that it is not given to us to know when we are angels. We may only be given to know when others are. This may be one of the reasons we need each other so.

Courage can't make you an artist, but without that courage, you won't remain one for long. First is the courage to be alone in the room where you create, and the courage to face that indefinitely, with no one to say if you are any good or not. Then, there is the courage to follow your work wherever it's going to take you. And the courage to fight for your work.