Creativity exists in the present moment. You can't find it anywhere else.

If I didn't have that, fear and projections over what was coming next could have taken over. But it was tough. Don't think I was an angel. It was hell.

The difference between neurosis and wisdom is struggle.

A writer must say yes to life.

Actually, every time we begin, we wonder how we did it before, Each time is a new journey with no maps.

Kill the idea of the lone, suffering artist. Don't make it any harder on yourself.

This is what metaphor is. It is not saying that an ant is an elephant. Perhaps; both are alive. No. Metaphor is saying the ant is an elephant. Now, logically speaking, I know there is a difference. If you put elephants and ants before me, I believe that every time I will correctly identify the elephant and the ant. So metaphor must come from a very different place than that of the logical, intelligent mind. It comes from a place that is very courageous, willing to step out of our preconceived ways of seeing things and open so large that it can see the oneness in an ant and in an elephant.