A shared vision driven by core values is a powerful alchemy.

Nature releases resistance sometimes slowly, other times powerfully, and always by example. Suddenly out of that calm comes momentum from a new direction.

Teetering on the edge of comfortable brings us closer to ourselves and each other.

There is nothing more romantic than absolute presence.

For me, books have always been the greatest gifts. I love to give and receive them because I know they are a reflection of the giver.

It is such a privilege to learn from children as they discover new worlds of possibility and give themselves full over to their dreams, inspiring a few adults along the way.

Give without expectation and receive with reckless abandon.

Some days are about preparation, but some are pure inspiration.

The vision is not to see things just as we have imagined them to be. The vision is the freedom to live deliberately every day and that is simply a choice.

The vision is not to see things just as we have imagined them to be. The vision is the freedom to live deliberately every day and that is a simply a choice.

Trusting the vision without forcing the way is a lesson worth learning in every port.

Cancer is WAY too serious to be taken seriously all the time.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!

I will do what I promised." He whispered. "No matter what. I will not send you into the darkness alone.

I can't pretend that I'm a great student of the art of comedy because anybody that becomes philosophical about humor doesn't know what he's talking about.

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.

I really like the half-hour comedy. I really do. I know people that are in movies all the time and they, you know, they don't see their families as much. And that takes its toll over time.

Sometimes I wonder why the corporate world is seen as a god choice for those of us that will never rise above clerical work and general administration.

I'm a hero with coward's legs.

If I stretch my arms and wonder where my fingers are - that is all the space I need as a painter.