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

If you're are paralyzed with fear it's a good sign. It shows you what you have to do.

Is there a spiritual element to creativity? Hell, yes. Our mightiest ally (our indispensable ally) is belief in something we cannot see, hear, touch, taste, or feel.

You know, Hitler wanted to be an artist. At eighteen he took his inheritance, seven hundred kronen, and moved to Vienna to live and study... Ever see one of his paintings? Neither have I. Resistance beat him. Call it overstatement but I'll say it anyway: it was easier for Hitler to start World War II than it was for him to face a blank square of canvas.

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

It's one thing to lie to ourselves. It's another thing to believe it.

The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment. The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.