When we are moved by art we are grateful that the artist lived, grateful that he labored in the service of his gifts.

But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform. A civilization based on them puts people out of touch with their creative powers.

Irony has only emergency use. Carried over time it is the voice of the trapped who have come to enjoy their cage.

A gift that cannot be given away ceases to be a gift. The spirit of a gift is kept alive by its constant donation.

An essential portion of any artist's labor is not creation so much as invocation

We are only alive to the degree that we can let ourselves be moved.

We forgive when we give up attachment to our wounds.

I think of a myth as a story that helps you explain all the different pieces of your life. In that broad sense, there is no way to live without mythology.

True citizens are not the audience of their government, nor its consumers; they are its makers.

The gift finds the man attractive who stands with an empty bowl he does not own.

Uncovering secrets is apocalyptic in the simple sense (the Greek root means ‘an uncovering’). In this case, it lifts the shame covers. It allows articulation to enter where silence once ruled.

Human strength fails, but the divinity within strength en the soul.

Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.

Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit.

I believed in God my whole life.

Smile more than you cry, Give more than you take, and Love more than you Hate.

We must make a decision of values.

When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen.

When you share work, and you have the opportunity of seeing people you like doing what they do best, and you also interchange socially with them, it's very addictive.

There's nothing like walking out and watching the people get turned on. Nothing in the world could replace it.

I'm very lucky. I actually like screenwriting. I rarely feel a sense of doom going to my desk.