“If you stay open to the wisdom of your Muse, you may discover youre a playwright, a sculptor, a kitchen-table comedian, a beacon of creative kindness, or a person who chooses grace over ego and con...”

“Is there magic in this world? Certainly! But it is not the kind of magic written about in fantasy stories. It is the kind of magic that comes from ideas and the hard work it often takes to make the...”

“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”

“A culture of unaccountability is a culture without incentive, and a culture without incentive is the death of critical and creative thinking.”

“Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order.”

“Sometimes its hard to know when youve crossed the line from conscientious to compulsive. When youre in the thick of an assignment, its easy to believe that you must spend so much time brainstorming...”

“Perfectionism, of course, was something which even as a young man he had come to see as the innermost essence of talent.”

“You cannot fix a problem that you refuse to acknowledge.”

“Look at your heart-flower and smile.You will be able to solve your most pressing problems.”

“Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back.”