It is through others that we become ourselves..

No one's ever gotten better by practicing less..

A marriage can go wrong at any time..

Our work is to preach the gospel and we must not be sidetracked..

I'm a very conceptual writer..

If you become a star known for one thing, that becomes your thing, and you don't want that, on some DNA level..

I'd rather buy something that is relatively depressed than something that is relatively high..

The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring an effort..

You have to take everything as it comes..

It's OK to not be OK - just don't stay there..

I'd rather work to live than live to work..

God is either everything, or He is nothing..

I will not allow anyone to take anything off my palette but if I do then within that, I can be creative..

That is the manner in which I roll..

At eleven I was at the peak of my creative powers: I was writing stories and playlets, putting together poetryprojects. I was absorbed by my 'work.' ….

I went to Duke University in the medical track. And then I decided I wanted to do something more creative, so I switched to biochemistry at Nebraska..

I'm not a lady, I'm a hellraiser.

We're endangered by our own success..

Never say, "I tried it once and it did not work.".

I think it is the weak and the young and the minorities that you need to look after to get a healthy creative environment - to get a lot of choices, ….

One of the most perfect and unfailing joys of life is planting. It is the creative joy felt by God..