I never liked stardom. It's weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.

Art has something to do with beauty. The act of creating beauty pulls the portion of your soul to the surface that is true to the way you were created.

All that we make and do is shaped by the communities and traditions that contain us, not to mention by money, power, politics, and luck. And even should the artist or scientist think she as extracted herself from the world to stand alone in the studio, a tremendous array of faculties and mind-states may well attend her creativity.

Writers think with their soul and draft from their heart

Musicians have notes. Painters have paint. Writers have words.

It's neither and it's both. That's the perfect kind of art. Labels only detract from the artist's intention.

My imagination was running amok again. Twice in one night. This never happens when I’m sitting in front of a typewriter.

For the fact is that disorder is the condition of the mind's fertility: it contains the mind's promise, since its fertility depends on the unexpected rather than the expected, depends on what we do not know, and because we do not know it, than what we know.

Those who speak in spiritual terms routinely refer to God as creator but seldom see "creator" as the literal term for "artist". I am suggesting you take the term "creator" quite literally. You are seeking to forge a creative alliance, artist-to-artist with the Great Creator. Accepting this concept can greatly expand your creative possibilities.

Whether we write lyrics or craft legislation, sell homes or teach classes, design spaces or open franchises, prayer is a critical part of the creative process. Don’t just brainstorm; praystorm.