Practice is invaluable... honesty is indispensable.

Remember that the truth is in the details. No matter how you see the world or what style it imposes on your work as an artist, the truth is in the details. Of course the devil's there, too-everyone says so-but maybe truth and the devil are words for the same thing. It could be you know.

He had a massive stroke. He died with his tie on. Do you think that could be our generation's equivalent of that old saying about dying with your boots on?

What if I fall?', Tim cried. Maerlyn laughed. 'Sooner or later, we all do.

American grammar doesn't have the sturdiness of British grammar, but it has its own scruffy charm.

Remember in elementary school you were told that in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single file from smallest to tallest? What is the logic in that? What, do tall people burn slower?

Clear communication between selves - the surface self and the deep self - is the enemy of self-doubt. It slays confusion.