It is easy to have a lot of paintings or projects hanging around that are 'almost done.

The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist.

I think the art world... is a very small pond, and it's a very inbred pond. They rely on information from an elect elite sect of galleries, primarily in New York.

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.

Beauty is found in anything that delights the senses, nourishes the soul, fires the imagination.

The power of prayer is like turning on a light as it illuminates God's purpose for our lives. There is no greater connection to knowing His will other than the word.

The flow of blessings in our life is directly related to our passing blessings along to someone else.

When we learn to say a deep, passionate yes to the things that really matter, then peace begins to settle onto our lives like golden sunlight sifting to a forest floor.

I believe a radiant, light-filled tomorrow should be normal to the experience of living.

Every conversation, every cuddle, aver kiss and caress, even every disagreement, adds another brushstroke to the picture of home you paint with the days and hours of your life.

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life.

I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges.

Some critics of my work took the view that a satirist should defer to the finer feelings of his readers and respect widely held beliefs.

It is blasphemy if you pray before God while you are full of anger.

As anger is a passing storm, so it comes not gradually and with signs, but like a sudden sweep of wind or black squall.

The mind is the shadow of the light it seeks.

I was taught that pain is bad.

Opportunity knocks, but doesn't always answer to its name.

Music is always a part of my characters' make-up.

[Pirates] are a victim of their own success. People have identified with pirates in a comic and caricature sense.

God's existence cannot be deduced by reason alone.