You cannot separate art from life or spirituality. They are bound together in a single unit.

Letter writing is an excellent way of slowing down this lunatic helterskelter universe long enough to gather one’s thoughts

Our old experiences, memories and fears guide us down the present path. It's not so much that you are the artist; you are the conduit.

Every one of us sees 'green' differently. So everything is an approximation of understanding.

Art becomes a spiritual process depending upon the degree of commitment that you bring to it. Every experience becomes direct food for your art. Then your art teaches you about life.

I don't think I am scared of intimacy, but I am frightened of making a mistake. offering more than I have, or expecting more than you can give. - Matt Sedon

It's the nasty and the accident that form the foundation for elegance that comes later.

Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows

She who licks her lips knows the taste of her lover's desires

Art is like therapy; what comes up is what comes up. It may be dark, but that's what comes up. You may want to keep some of it in a drawer but never judge it.

I was frightened to go forward, but I was even more frightened of going back.

If you can't impress them with your argument, impress them with your actions.

Humanity's savageness is what makes it civilized. Technology, trade, computers, space travel. All are products of competition and conflict.

She could have happily lived inside any nineteenth century novel.

If you are not learning, you are not living.

No man can walk so long in the Shadow that he cannot come again to the Light.

There's an ecstatic side to writing. It's like jazz. It just has a life.

Every problem comes along with it's solution; the bigger the problem, the bigger the testimony. Cheer up!

Hollywood today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place in one box.

The first weeks in the US, I was asking, ‘Where is my food?’

Just as all the world loves a lover, it has been my experience that all the world loves a trailerite.