To live is to express, and to express you have to create. Creation is never merely repetition. To live is to express oneself freely in creation.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

Be the light. Be the love. Not to one or two selectively, but to each person who crosses your path today and every day.

Look beyond the present circumstances, imagine a brighter future.

When I write, I write obsessively. I try to pace myself, but some fires are too hot to put out.

My mother came from an Irish family of 11 kids and, of course, had a sister who was a nun, so I spent time at a convent and with an aunt and uncle who lived in New York and took me to the theater.

There are very few instances where writers have also been effective image makers - different skill sets are required.

I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in distress.

I remember getting a Phoenix Suns T-shirt. I had that Phoenix Suns T-shirt forever. It's the funny things you remember as a kid, but it was a blast.

Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping.

The distortion of the truth bothers me.

Look around—there's only one thing of danger for you here—poetry.