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

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

If you're alive, you're creative.

Take yourself out of the center of other people's universe - it will free you up and let the universe turn more easily.

We are always - always- in choice.

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.

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

We can either own our circumstances and be creative in them, or we can throw up our hands and say, I cannot be held accountable because the conditions are not ideal.

But I’ve learned that sometimes, somehow, no matter how much time we spend apart from the ones we care most about, our love for them never fades, for time apart only makes our love grow stronger.

Monotony is the awful reward of the careful.

Language, identity, place, home: these are all of a piece - just different elements of belonging and not-belonging.

One of the advantages of being a 'reasonable creature' is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do.

Happiness is within you... so unlock the chains from your heart and let yourself grow- like the sweet flower you are. I know the answer- just spread your wings and set yourself free.

It is the will to be grateful which constitutes gratitude.

biographies are a little like marriages: You only have room in your life for one or two.

Only by seeking challenges can we hope to find the best in ourselves.

Marketing is the act of inventing the product. The effort of designing it. The craft of producing it. The art of pricing it. The technique of selling it.

I am that by which I know 'I am'