Now, practically even better news than that of short assignments is the idea of shitty first drafts. All good writers write them.

One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break.

You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind.

Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?

Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.

You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.

For me and most of the other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts.

Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.

If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door.

A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way.

Bird by bird buddy. Just take it bird by bird.

Too much time is wasted listening to the noise of the mind - and too little is spent living from the love and power of the heart.

We have to show these men and women freedom by enslaving them, and show them courage by frightening them.

I sighed. ‘It doesn’t matter what we do. Money comes and goes.’ I shook my head. ‘It doesn’t matter and you know it doesn’t.

Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.

I think my work is influenced by the fact that we're living in dangerous times. If I could put it in a sentence, in fact, my work is about just that: living in dangerous times.

[My work as a photographer is a] mission to document endangered species and landscapes in order to show a world worth saving.

I am often asked what can people do to become a good global citizen? I reply that it begins in your own community.

To achieve progress nature alone counts, and the eye is trained through contact with her. It becomes concentric by looking and working.

A good leader leads from the front. Don't get stuck in the office. Get out, meet people and listen to their stories.