Perfect practice makes perfect.

Failing, and learning from it, is necessary. Unil you've done it, you're missing an important piece of your creative arsenal.

Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale; it's for engineers trying to solve a problem; it's for parents who want their children to see the world in more than one way.

I was interested in becoming a show dancer, for which I tried, but I'm not tall enough.

I work because I have issues and questions and feelings and thoughts that I want to have a look at. I'm not in need of, or wanting, particularly, to know what other folk are up to.

I began to discriminate between fear and excitement. The two, though very close, are completely different. Fear is negative excitement, choking your imagination. Real excitement produces an energy that overcomes apprehension and makes you want to close in on your goal.

when the time came I would do battle with my mother for the right to sit at the center of my own life.