I'm willing to die, but... not of boredom.

Art that arises out of the inner landscape, and is connected to our lived experience, illuminates the darkness and heals the soul.

If your body could speak, what would it say?

But prayer isn't asking God to do what we want. Prayer is asking God to what is right.

Do what you are doing. Monastic motto

It's easy to say young people should believe in themselves, but the number one thing is recognizing that it's a journey, that you have to build confidence in yourself.

In today’s work arena, creativity may be more of an asset than competence.

I had a fantasy that i'd drift up to Scotland and spend my life as a faux bodhisattua.

Curses are like processions. They return to the place from which they came.

As an older person, I do feel an obligation to tell the story about what was really happening in the fifties, sixties, and seventies, as I saw it.

When good-natured people leave us we look forward with extra pleasure to their return.

In commercial fiction especially, everything in the story usually contributes directly to the plot The shorter the story, the truer this is

Rather than spend my life on data entry and typing, I also take photos on my iPhone of business cards, wine labels, menus, or anything I want to have searchable on-the-run.