Love - not dim and blind but so far-seeing that it can glimpse around corners, around bends and twists and illusion; instead of overlooking faults love sees through them to the secret inside.

A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it?

Freedom is not a license to act but a license to exercise free choices in any given situation.

Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first, must help the other.

The desert is a place of bones, where the innards are turned out, to desiccate into dust.

Creativity is not so much a boundless well, but an all-you-can-eat buffet of elements for your creative endeavor. Eventually you've eaten your fill, and it's time to digest and then make something. But at some point, it will be time to return to the restaurant.

All stories have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is all at once the most wonderful yet terrifying thing in the world, which makes it nearly impossible to handle. It is such a great responsibility that it's best not to tell a story at all unless you know you can do it right. You must be very careful, or without knowing it you can change the world.