There are only people doing their imperfect best at doing their imperfect jobs

Every moment of life is unique-a kiss, a sunset, a dance, a joke. None will ever recur in quite the same way. Each happens only once in the history of the universe.

The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.

Improvisation is intuition in action, a way to discover the muse and learn to respond to her call.

The easiest way to do art is to dispense with success and failure altogether and just get on with it.

Structure ignites spontaneity. Limits yield intensity. When we play... by our self-chosen rules, we find that containment of strength amplifies strength.

The noun of self becomes a verb. This flashpoint of creation in the present moment is where work and play merge.

Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of ones chosen form.

To do anything artistically you have to acquire technique, but create through your technique and not with it.

Surrender means cultivating a comfortable attitude toward not knowing, being nurtured by the mystery of moments that are dependably surprising, ever fresh.

Any action can be practiced as an art, as a craft, or as drudgery.

Let each person decide his or her fate.

Transition isn't pretty, but stagnation is hideous.

My sufficiency is in the sufficiency of Jesus Christ.

Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city.

I find inspiration in literally just about everything.

A lot of artists are such narcissists.

What do we call love, hate, charity, revenge, humanity, forgiveness? Different results of the master impulse, the necessity of securing one's self-approval.

Some things don’t mix. Some things don’t mix at all, but sometimes in life you have to take the risk.

If you realize that you're the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser. Don't blame other people for your problems.

In my own family, my mother had my sister when I was 15 and for various reasons, I was extremely involved in raising her.