Writing as an art form belongs to all people, regardless of economic class or educational level. . . . A writer is someone who writes.

To grow in craft is to increase the bredth of what I can do, but art is the depth, the passion, the desire, the courage to be myself and myself alone.

And what is more generous than a window?

When we neglect the artist in ourselves, there is a kind of mourning that goes on under the surface of our busy lives.

A writer is someone who writes!

Even those truths that are painful will ultimately increase my wisdom, undergird my strength, make possible my art.

Writing and prayer are both a form of love, and love takes courage.

Jesus said, “But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.

It occurred to me that when I begin to write, I open myself and wait. And when I turn toward an inner spiritual awareness, I open myself and wait.

Putting words onto paper—when it is done as an honest act of search or connection, rather than as an act of manipulation, performance, self-aggrandizement or self-protection—is a holy act.

God’s love is God’s attention.

There is nothing like a conflict to do the difficult work for you. It is an underrated remedy, cowardly as we are, but it makes everything so much easier.

Never let making a profit stand in the way of doing the right thing.

I think American television changed world television in its reinvention of the series.

You might encounter defeats but you must never be defeated... Love a lot. Laugh a lot at the silliest things and be very serious... love life.

If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem.

Beatles, women and children first!

An Enlightened Master is ideal only if your goal is to become a Benighted Slave.

Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take from you what you really have.

My heart is definitely here, and there's no place like home.

The severest critics are always those who have either never attempted, or who have failed in original composition.