“Most people continue doing bad things, not that they cant stop ,but it is because they know that no one knows the evil things they are doing.”

“Most artists wont congratulate other artist for winning because they suffer from it should have been me syndrome”

“If we are not allowed to deal with small problems, we will be destroyed by slightly larger ones. When we come to understand this, we live our lives not avoiding problems, but welcoming them them as challenges that will strengthen us so that we can be victorious in the future.”

“The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.”

“I live to inspire, not start the fire.”

“Do not sit still; start moving now. In the beginning, you may not go in the direction you want, but as long as you are moving, you are creating alternatives and possibilities.”

“If you make art, people will talk about it. Some of the things they say will be nice, some won’t. You’ll already have made that art, and when they’re talking about the last thing you did, you should already be making the next thing.If bad reviews (of whatever kind) upset you, just don’t read them. It’s not like you’ve signed an agreement with the person buying the book to exchange your book for their opinion.Do whatever you have to do to keep making art. I know people who love bad reviews, because it means they’ve made something happen and made people talk; I know people who have never read any of their reviews. It’s their call. You get on with making art.”

“You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.”

“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report written on birds that he’d had three months to write, which was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books about birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him put his arm around my brother’s shoulder, and said, “Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.”

“Elevate your inside game. A negative attitude is below the horizon…a place for lonesome hearts.”

“Head up, heart open. To better days!”

“Success doesn’t lead to happiness. Happy people are more successful. Therefore happiness is not a result to be attained through action, but a fact to be realized through knowledge.”

“You are special and you will always remain.You are amazingly made.You are the first drop found on the dry ground.Where a rainbow appears after a heavy rain”