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

“If you're alive, you're creative.”

“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.”

“We are always - always- in choice.”

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

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

“It's not that you should never love something so much that it can control you.It's that you need to love something that much so you can never be controlled.It's not a weakness.It's your best strength.”

“No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.”

“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.”

“You want to be happy? you should first learn how to let it go”