We will need to find people who will provide a safe writing space for us, where criticism comes late and love and delight come early.—from Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing

Writing starts with living.—Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing

Writing starts with living.

Have tea, might write, ” Laura returned.

Do what you will, but never out of fear.

I define friendship as a bond that transcends all barriers. When you are ready to expect anything and everything from friends, good, bad or ugly... that's what I call true friendship.

Don't let anything morph you or push you around or have you be something you're not.

Leadership is about calling people to do things beyond themselves.

It is only through religion that communism can be achieved, and has been achieved over and over.

I respect Sarah Palin. I appreciate her and her husband enormously. I think she will continue to play a major role in the future of the Republican Party.

Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province.

With the war and everything that's going on, unless you're Susan Sarandon, the best route is to keep your mouth shut. For me it is, anyway!

To put what you see on paper is the same as funneling what you feel through yourself as a performer.

Consciousness is an emergent, contingent, and impermanent phenomenon. It has no magical capacity to break free from the field of events out of which it springs.