Justice must not only be seen to be done but has to be seen to be believed.
It's impossible to get better and look good at the same time.
The Artist's Way is a spiritual journey, a pilrimage home to the self.
Anger is meant to be acted on. It is not meant to be acted out. Anger points the direction. We are meant to use anger as fuel to take the actions we need to move where our anger points us. With a little thought, we can usually translate the message that our anger is sending us.
As an experienced artist, I carry my work like a secret pregnancy. I am always aware of inner life and the need to protect it.
Taking the time to write in our lives gives us the time of our lives. As we describe our environments, we begin to savor them. Even the most rushed and pell-mell life begins to take on the patina of being cherished.
Survival lies in sanity, and sanity lies in paying attention. . . the capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.
And sometimes people don't realize that 90 percent of the persistent poverty counties are located in rural America.
The human heart is a dark forest.
We recognize ourselves in Westerns,. . . I believe the Western can orchestrate moments around reality. The reality can be as entertaining to us as the lie.
Björk’s wraparound swan frock. . . made her look like a refugee from the more dog-eared precincts of provincial ballet.