I am simply not interested, at this point, in creating narrative scenes between characters.

Do what you want to do, and don't worry if it's a little odd or doesn't fit the market.

Why don't you like the foods I like?" he asks sometimes. "Why don't you like the foods I make?" I answer.

If you think of something, do it. Plenty of people often think, “I’d like to do this, or that.

Like a tropical storm, I, too, may one day become ‘better organized.

There seemed to be three choices: to give up trying to love anyone, to stop being selfish, or to learn to love a person while continuing to be selfish.

My stories are sometimes closer to poems or meditations, but often there is at least a little narrative in them.

Art is not in some far-off place.

Work hard and meticulously. When in trouble, look closely at a text that is a good example of what you're trying to do. And be patient.

I'm a fierce editor! I don't edit out things that I began by saying, usually. The editing is on the micro level - a comma here, a word there.

I do see an interest in writing for Twitter. While publishers still do love the novel and people do still like to sink into one, the very quick form is appealing because of the pace of life.

If you wish to meet and speak with god, you must first try to tame a wild tiger with a feather and a stick.

If we can accept the fact that we create illness, it follows naturally that we can also create wellness. And therein lies a most empowering nugget of truth and healing.

Life is about trying to find our ways back to our one shared soul. When we’re looking out at the stars, we’re looking into ourselves.

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit to be free.

For me able to do the records I want to do and not have to worry about this producer or that producer or that trend, I'm not really interested in that.

The function of the artist is to make people like life better than they have before.

What could be better than to hold your hand out to people less fortunate than you are?

I treat golf as a sport. I let other people treat it like a hobby.