To the extent that your work takes into account the needs of the world, it will be menaingful; to the extent that through it you express your unique talents, it will be joyful.

Every man or woman is a potential poet or artist. Everyone has the capacity to bring to their work the dignity, purposefulness, and presence of the artist.

Without self-expression, life lacks spontaneity and joy. Without service to others, it lacks meaning and purpose.

Your life's work is something you love to do, something your talents can find full expression through. If we enjoy our work, we are sure to bring our creativity and enthusiasm to it.

The artist accepts the limitations of form, not with fear and dread, but as the starting point of creation.

be present, be concentrated, and be strong.

Good intentions are not enough; commitment and sacrifice are necessary.

The hero, in living her own life, in being true to herself; radiates a light by which others may see their own way.

In life's work, bliss and sacrifice are two sides of the same coin, complementary opposites.

I am happy that I am a unique individual, endowed with unique talents and abilities. I never spend my precious time and energy comparing my talents with those of others.

Man might have identified fire, but women identified the way to enjoy with it.

I gained 80 pounds for my pregnancy so this is like my coming out party.

I've got an air mattress for a bed...really living the high life.

We praise the strength, the patience and the longing of the people who did not stop thinking of freedom and democracy in these dark times

The loveliest theories are being overthrown by these damned experiments; it's no fun being a chemist anymore.

Today the most outlaw thing you can possibly do in Nashville, Tennessee, is play country music.

If you love the work, it will love you back.

Getting a book published made me feel a little bit sad... I felt driven by the need to write a book, rather than the need to write. I needed to figure out what was important to me as a writer.

Art is continually working to take the crust of familiarity off everyday objects.

A woman [shouldn't] have to give a man her body to get his heart.