At it's essence, art is an alchemical process. Alchemy is a process of transformation.

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.

The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

It takes constant vigilance not to slip into negativity or simple apathy. It takes courage to believe over any given period of time that we are getting better and not sliding into decline.

As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you.

Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control.

If we lean into what we love instead of soldiering toward what we 'should,' our pace quickens, our energy rises, optimism sets in. What we love is nutritious for us.

What we focus on, we empower and enlarge. Good multiplies when focused upon. Negativity multiplies when focused upon. The choice is ours: Which do we want more of?

Without stories we end up with stereotypes -- a flat earth with flat cardboard figures that have no texture or depth, no INTERIOR.

On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience.

If you look up feminist in the dictionary, it just means someone who believes men and women have equal rights.

Having everything is just an expression of complete inner freedom.

I don't have a terrible singing voice, but I also wouldn't call it 'good.' I can carry a tune.

The House shewes the owner.

In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not discretion.

I always played soccer in Adidas, but I always wore Nikes. I love street sportswear.

I think it's the society that drains us out, and we are in a society where we are driven by money.

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.