Artists aren't looking for you to write them something; they're looking for you to give them something new.

I'm young. You can't just sit there and be satisfied.

I don't really start writing until later in the night. I'm a night owl.

Acting becomes my real job, writing becomes my second job, and then when I turn 50, I think I'm going to open up an interior decorating company.

I have a thing - I call it magic - but I feel like I can write stuff down in the middle of the night and wake up and it happens. I write what I want in my journal.

I'm going to become a real professional actress.

I'm not looking to be an artist to make money. I'm looking to be an artist.

I'm more than a songwriter. I'm a creative person. Some people you just always see. I won't allow you to see me unless it makes sense. There's a reason to see me.

I try to reach for the stars because if you say you want something small and it happens, you don't believe it. So I try to say something wild and crazy.

I just like to stay creative. Anything that can keep my mind going.

I'm a songwriter who just wants to bring people great songs.

This life is a deafening roar but listen. You could hear a pin drop.

'Swan, ' by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wise friend. There is wisdom and welcoming kindness on every page.

I had only that one picture, Hitler, the Beast of Berlin, in which I had a part big enough to impress anyone. I tried for better roles over and over again

When you find a teacher, you devote your time and energy to what they believe in. You surrender not them but to the infinite, which operates through them.

Oneness with Nature is the glory of childhood; oneness with childhood is the glory of the Teacher.

Quantum science suggests the existence of many possible futures for each moment of our lives. Each future lies in a state of rest until it is awakened by choices made in the present.

December is the toughest month of the year. Others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, October, August, and February.

It is not about mind-watching; but rather recognizing That which watches the mind.

The probability of success is difficult to estimate; but if we never search the chance of success is zero.

The best anti-depressant pill for me would be one the size of a house so you could drop it on me and put me out of my misery.