We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests.

Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and nonfiction. And even there, who can be sure?

The bitterness of joy lies in the knowledge that is cannot last. Nor should joy last beyond a certain season, for, after that season, even joy would become merely habit.

She looked, and a scarlet butterfly flew away from her, away down the length of the tower, and then another, another, an unraveling scarf of butterflies like winged blood.

Archetypes are universal, and, in subtle or extravagant ways, interchangeable.

The soul is a magician. Only living flesh hampers it.

When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it.

I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of normal work.

No one is ever ordinary.

Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.

I will draw you back to me. You shall see. By a chain of stars.

I write small poems— the kind that fit on a postcard… and still can break your heart

You are free. The world is yours. got take it.

My angst and my insecurity reflect the state's angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.

The baby's life is never willfully destroyed because the mother's life is in danger.

Nothing is going to change in congo until you and i figure out what is wrong with the person inside the mirror

No work is "most important." Or, put differently, all work is important but work done poorly becomes most important.

As actors, we want to challenges ourselves and put ourselves in different situations to see how we react and deliver a performance.

It is said that it takes 10,000 hours to develop mastery and excellence. How many hours have you clocked today on your passion?

One can be a technical master - full of craftsmanship, but not in most senses an artistic master.