Who knows how many artists fail because the light that shines through them is defracted in a thousand directions and not concentrated in a single beam?

Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters.

Dream, but expect nothing. Desire, but expect nothing. Hope, but expect nothing. Release your need to control and gain real control.

There are an infinite number of rewards you could bestow on yourself for working at your creative projects, and you deserve every one of them.

We have enough experiences in a day to make art for a decade.

When you flow like water you bring all of your talents and resources to your creative work... Flow around every obstacle you encounter, including any you've erected yourself.

If, because of anxiety and self-doubt, you procrastinate and only think about working, you'll feel more exhausted than if you'd created for hours.

You can't plan in advance for everything - every mood swing, every mistake you might make in execution, every shift in your circumstances. But you can keep updating your plan.

The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression.

Talent is so loaded a word, so full to the brim with meanings, that an artist might be wise to forget about it altogether and just keep on working.

One visit with a child can supply us with enough creativity dust to last for a lifetime... Visit with children like you're the child you ought to be more often.

That's a very admirable quality in a wife. The ability to admit she is in the wrong.

In my opinion, being a Christian is a noticeable behavior. If you have to tell somebody you’re a Christian, then you’re probably not doing it right.

Keep low expectations and life gets pretty good.

And the blunts and liquor killing our lungs and liver. The asthmatic drug-addict, I function with it

Whenever I investigate a smell, I find that the answer is always bad. It's never: 'What is that? *sniff* muffins!'

Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.

A trustworthy leader goes the extra mile to remedy strained relationships, even when it doesn't appear to be required.

The Niobe of nations! there she stands.

I've always tried to stay away from playing Jews. I get like 20 Holocaust scripts a month, but I hate the genre.

Speak up, speak often and don’t worry about those that at this point cannot understand as they can never un-hear what we tell them.