We write because something inside says we must and we can no longer ignore that voice.

Poetry, like dreams, will eventually break through every person's consciousness, even the tightest iconoclast's.

The word "journal" has in its root the word jour, French for day. A journey was the distance that could be traveled in a day. A journal, therefore, consisted of the writing one recorded per day.

The present moment is the definition of eternity. It has never not been the present moment. This isn't scriptural or unscriptural - it is merely a logical fact.

The first holy truth in God 101 is that men and women of true faith have always had to accept the mystery of God's identity and love and ways. I hate that, but it's the truth.

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

The skirts of the gods Drag in our mud. We feel the touch And take it to be a kiss.

whenever I read a passage that moves me, I transcribe it in my diary, hoping my fingers might learn what excellence feels like.

Woody Allen would go for seven years without a movie and then make one that makes no money.

If I didn't like someone, I wouldn't want him calling me up when I was dying. I wouldn't want them having regrets that they didn't talk to me.

I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means - I love art.

As a child I experiences everything in a childish way... I thought I was experiencing a kind of warmth and a kind of embracing love as a God.

The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever.