When a culture simply shrugs about what happens to people in war, it breaks the fragile sequence, the bond between all people.

When you step further into the story you came to live, not only does the mythic territory open, but the deep self moves and the world of imagination and meaning comes towards you.

Each person is a story that the Soul of the World wants to tell to itself.

Emotions are the natural substances of the soul ... and when we think we can't handle the emotions, we lose the natural substances of the soul and begin looking for substances to replace the flow.

Everyone gets wounded in this world and everyone has within them some golden qualities that can serve to heal the wounds of time and the traumatic effects of human tragedy.

As a culture, we turn away from people just when they are in times of change. That's when most communities used to embrace people, so the individual and the culture both benefited.

A false sense of security is the only kind there is.

The desire to be part of something greater and to occupy life more fully, is also a desire to touch and be touched by the living imagination that sustains each soul and all of life.

While you had the chance to live, did you become your true self?

Genius is the basis for the deepest type of mentoring. When true learning occurs genius teaches genius and both the teacher and the student grow.

The gift within the gift involved the opening of an inner eye that changed how I looked at life.

Today is a sacred moment.

Being a writer is not just about typing. It’s also about surviving the rollercoaster of the creative journey.

The most important thing in life is to love what you’re dong, because that’s the only way you’ll ever be really good at it.

Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.

The 1950s to me is darkness, hidden history, perversion behind most doors waiting to creep out. The 1950s to most people is kitsch and Mickey Mouse watches and all this intolerable stuff.

I worry that's what people are going to think about me if they kind of go backwards. But if that didn't happen to you, I'll feel better.

In the beginning, the feminine principle was seen as the fundamental cosmic force. All ancient peoples believed that the world was created by a female Diety.

I have learned to respect ideas, wherever they come from. Often they come from clients. Account executives often have big creative ideas, regardless of what some writers think.

Fame is the penalty of success. Jealousy is the penalty of fame.

Appetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope; the same, without such opinion, despair.