Intuition works best when you remember that “tuition” is part of it. You need to have paid ahead of time (ie done your prep work) so as to prepare the ground for intuition.

Time may heal all wounds, but it does not erase the scars.

Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.

A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.

Childrens books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become.

Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing... the rest will follow.

It's never perfect when I write it down the first time, or the second time, or the fifth time. But it always gets better as I go over it and over it.

Take a step, breathe in the world, give it out again in story, poem, song, art.

Ideas are the cheapest part of the writing. They are free. The hard part is what you do with ideas you've gathered.

Language helps develp life as surely as it reflects life. It is a most important part of our human condition.

Stories," he'd said, his voice low and almost husky, "we are made up of stories. And even the one's that seem the most like lies can be our deepest hidden truths.

Without the love of a woman, it is impossible to have a manly world.

I'm learning how to live in the present and be grateful for what's working rather than look for the 'what's not working' piece.

I love Vivienne Westwood. Her work is so interesting, you can always find something that's great and fits you.

I just wanna live until I die.

The gifts of Heaven are never quite gratuitous.

The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop.

The Cinema seems to have been invented to express the life of the subconscious, the roots of which penetrate poetry so deeply

Kenneth Copeland is a friend, innocent until proven guilty.

Artists have to show us what is not going well within the person and within the society, not try to cover it up.

Morals - all correct moral laws - derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level.