I believe in previous lives and the Muse—and that books and music exist before they are written and that they are propelled into material being by their own imperative to be born, via the offices of those willing servants of discipline, imagination and inspiration whom we call artists.

Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it?

Don't wait for someone else to validate you. Validate yourself.

On the field of The Self stand a knight and a dragon. You are the knight. Resistance is the dragon.

You don't need to take a course or buy a product. All you have to do is change your mind.

The professional conducts his business in the real world. Adversity, injustice, bad hops and rotten calls, even good breaks and lucky bounces all comprise the ground over which the campaign must be waged. The field is level, the professional understands, only in heaven.

Resistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to the strength of Resistance.