What few rules appear to be in place are all made up.

What if your art could provide everything you ever needed or wanted in life?

If you're alive, you're creative.

Take yourself out of the center of other people's universe - it will free you up and let the universe turn more easily.

We are always - always- in choice.

Don't say you're a writer if you're not writing. Even if you're writing, don't call yourself a writer. Say instead, 'I write.' It's the verb that's important, not the noun.

Don't separate 'real' life from 'creative' life.

We can either own our circumstances and be creative in them, or we can throw up our hands and say, I cannot be held accountable because the conditions are not ideal.

Education is fundamentally religious. Consequently, there is no question about whether a morality will be imposed in that education, but rather which morality will be imposed.

A celebrity farts, and everyone endures, but the unpopular will be thrased to death.

I think that true horror is accomplished by slowly getting into your brain. The old way is much more scary.

Are Iraqis ready to carry the responsibility for their country? Is Iraq ready to be its own master? We want to be the masters of ourselves and to carry our responsibilities in this region.

Deep down within all of us is a longing to work out what life is all about and what we're meant to be doing.

God is a sure paymaster. He may not pay at the end of every week, or month, or year, but I charge you remember that He pays in the end.

Devotion is a place where you do not exist; life just flows through you as a certain sweetness and beauty.

Ah, in this world, where every guiding thread Ends suddenly in the one sure centre, death, The visionary hand of Might-have-been Alone can fill Desire's cup to the brim!

Not to give to those in need what is to you superfluous is akin to fraud.