Art Is Not About Thinking Something Up.

We Talk About Self-expression But Need To Pause And Remember That Self-expression Requires A Self To Express.

Writing Is Like Listening To A Melody Line In My Head. Note By Note, It Knows Where It Wants To Go. I Follow It And Lay It Down. I Can Pare It, Shape It, And Polish It Later...my Job Is To Take Down The Dribs And Drabs - To Free-associate, If You Will, Knowing That The Associations Have Their Own Plans For Where We're Going With All This.

Artists Are Visionaries. We Routinely Practice A Form Of Faith, Seeing Clearly And Moving Toward A Creative Goal That Shimmers In The Distance - Often Visible To Us, But Invisible To Those Around Us.

Possibility Is Far More Frightening Than Impossibility.

Creativity Flourishes When We Have A Sense Of Safety And Self-acceptance.