The path to inspiration starts upon the trails we've known; each stumbling block is not a rock, but just a stepping stone.

Enter the writing process with a childlike sense of wonder and discovery. Let it surprise you.

Do not let fear confine your life Inside a shell of doubt; A turtle never moves until His head is sticking out.

A poem is a spider web Spun with words of wonder, Woven lace held in place By whispers made of thunder.

Don't search for inspiration when you have a task to do; Just start your work and you will see that it will soon find you.

Close your eyes and look inside, A mirror shines within; To find where you are going, First see where you have been.

Get yourself a notebook and write in it EVERY night for two weeks. Then stop if you can. If you can't, you're a writer.

STYLE IS NOT HOW YOU WRITE IT IS HOW YOUDO NOT WRITE LIKE ANYONE ELSE

When you write for children, don't write for children. Write from the child in you.

They say that love is always blind and that explains so much, young lovers always seem so prone to use their sense of touch.

What God knows about me is more important than what others think about me.

My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper.

The essays are different because ultimately it's things I'm interested in, and I'm really just writing about myself and using those subjects as a prism.

Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light.

My philosophy on running is, I don't dwell on it, I do it.

Could you really love someone who was capable of falling in love with somebody else?

There are few people with such talent, so there are few able to judge what I am doing.

In design, be logical, search for truth, be clear.

Truth is not determined by a majority vote.

The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up.