I want to draw and study a few things closely by feeling, not thinking.

I began to have an idea of my life, not as slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery and growth of a purpose which I did not know.

There seemed to be endless obstacles - it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

I used to worry about what life was for - now being alive seems sufficient reason.

The aim of the painting is that the eye should find out what it likes.

Perhaps if one really knew when one was happy one would know the things that were necessary in one's life.

Colour is, on the evidence of language alone, very bound up with the feelings.

I came to the conclusion then that "continual mindfulness". . . must mean, not a sergeantmajor-like drilling of thoughts, but a continual readiness to accept whatever came.

Love is not getting, but giving. It is sacrifice. And sacrifice is glorious!

Sometimes I find that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable.

Sometimes it's better to stop trying to make sense of things. Life isn't clear cut, there are always gray areas.

Be true to yourself and don't live your life according to other people's dreams and wants.

You have a right to protest. But I don't quite understand why anybody thinks it's a good idea to deny somebody else the right to express his or her point of view.

But in the meantime all the life you have or ever will have is today, tonight, tomorrow, today, tonight, tomorrow, over and over again (I hope).

Christ is born: glorify Him. Christ comes from heaven: go out to meet Him. Christ descends to earth: let us be raised on high.

When you feel far from God and far from everything that you wanted to be for Him, realize that you still have your whole future to give Him.

I had always wanted to be on SNL, it's not always great, but it's this leftover childhood dream.

Get a feedback loop and listen to it... When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.

I cannot imagine any boy of spirit who would not be delighted to play a drunkard even to vomiting in front of his Sunday school. Indeed, the vomiting might be the chief attraction of the role.

There's a sense in all my novels that nothing is certain.