The process of writing a book is infinitely more important than the book that is completed as a result of the writing, let alone the success or failure that book may have after it is written . . . the book is merely a symbol of the writing. In writing the book, I am living. I am growing. I am tapping myself. I am changing. The process is the product.

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

The question is not whether we are able to change but whether we are changing fast enough.

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

Have you considered that if you don't make waves, nobody including yourself will know that you are alive?