Fear of failure and criticism can be crippling. Don't let others' negativity take away your joy.

There is never a lack of subject matter; just absence of creativity.

To live an art-filled life, one must be willing to try new things & accept that things change.

If it was easy, everyone would be doing it. That's why they call it artWORK!

A true artist is driven by the never-ending desire to create.

The more you put yourself out there, the more there is for people to take exception with.

It's possible to have an awesome life, but it's up to ourselves to do it.

If writing is your passion, write and don’t let anyone else convince you otherwise. You don’t need to quit your day job to do it. Create a realistic schedule and stick with it.

Prisons are built to break men, and when men are broken society has consummated its revenge

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

At the end of '69 I did a gig with Jean Luc Ponty here in L.A. He was an electric violinist.

I am sorry to tell you that I am getting very extravagant and spending all my money: and what is worse for you, I have been spending yours too.

Envy's a sharper spur than pay.

It comes down to finding something you love to do and then just trying to be great at it

Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there at the sandpile at Sunday School.

You are because I am and I am because you are. We are one another's strength.

I'm not a drug user myself. I'm too little to take drugs - my body can't take it.