You stand in front of a great painting and your heart just opens and your mind expands about what's possible. That, to me, is a connection to what God is.

There's always that moment when you realize what it's going to be. You might have an overarching theme and you need to fill in the blanks - and then there's this "Aha" moment when you see where it's going. That's the most satisfying part of writing.

The key to change is to let go of fear.

Loss is the great unifier, the terrible club to which we all eventually belong.

I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.

I have a real worker-bee mentality. Just show up, just do it. Even if you feel like s--t and you think you're terrible and you'll never get better and it will never go anywhere, just show up and do it. And, eventually, something happens.

I think any young person who is going into the same field as their parent whose parent has been very successful, it's complicated.And it was complicated for me.