The working artist will not tolerate trouble in her life because she knows trouble prevents her from doing her work. The working artist banishes from her world all sources of trouble. She harnesses the urge for trouble and transforms it in her work.

When a novelist or screenwriter is looking for a subject, the element he's seeking is conflict. Conflict makes drama. Conflict produces great characters and memorable scenes. So war is a natural topic.

A writer writes with his genius; an artist paints with hers; everyone who creates operates from this sacramental center.

The last thing we want is to remain as we are.

I guess what I want to say to us artists and entrepreneurs is that conventional yardsticks of success don't apply to all enterprises. Labors of love count.

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

I'm superstitious. I keep mum while I'm working on something.