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" I believe that I am very lucky to have close friends who are faithful. From my friends, I have learned the importance of perseverance. "

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" We have a lot of pressures on children very young. We have ambition. We over-schedule our children. We want them to have soccer lessons and violin lessons... I think children need to have at least an hour of fun a day. "

" So much of our mythology around money centers on the illusion that if we had 'more,' we would be more comfortable and more able to access our creativity. But creativity and prosperity are spiritual matters, not fiscal ones. "

" It's OK to stand back. But it's also good to demonstrate that it's fun to be involved. As long as you are willing to say, 'This looks fun. I'd like to try this, too,' your child will mimic your example of openness, playfulness and optimism. "

" I think everybody encounters difficulty. It's just more pitched in some people. "

" I started writing morning pages just to keep my hand in, you know, just because I was a writer and I didn't know what else to do but write. And then one day as I was writing, a character came sort of strolling in and I realized, Oh my God, I don't have to be just a screenwriter. I can write novels. "

" When we put the pen to paper, we articulate things in our life that we may have felt vague about. Before you write about something, somebody says, 'How do you feel?' and you say, 'Oh, I feel okay.' Then you write about it, and you discover you don't feel okay. "

" I have a personal prosperity plan. I know where my money goes, and how I can spend it more fruitfully. A prosperity plan is something fluid that may alter month to month. "

" I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow. "

" When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my hands. "

" I think that 'Floor Sample' is a story of resiliency, a lifelong spiritual search, and a lifelong sense of spiritual companionship that is most often expressed as creativity. My desire in writing the book was to step from behind the icon of 'Julia the teacher' and introduce 'Julia the artist.' "

" I believe that when we ask to be led, we are led, and there's nothing too small or esoteric for spiritual help. "

" Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself. "

" When I went in, my editor said, 'I hope you don't think you're a writer.' And I said, 'I hope you don't think I'm a journalist.' And, uh, turned out we were both right. "

" Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise. "

" The original 'Artist's Way' focused on the nurturing of the self. The 'Artist's Way for Parents' focuses both on nurturing the self and nurturing the children in our care. "

" I always start everything with the weather, because the weather is the first thing that I notice when I wake up in the morning. "

" My life is at least as intricate as my readers' lives. People say that 'The Artist's Way' changed their lives, but when they talk about 'Floor Sample,' they tell me, 'I was with you all the way.' "

" When I ask for help with my creativity, I get it. "

" Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite - getting something down. "

" Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again. "

" Nothing dies harder than a bad idea. "

" Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything. "

" Buy tabloids. Celebrity gossip is engrossing. Celebrity cellulite can make you forget turbulence. "

" My mother set us to an activity and let us be. "

" Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage. "

" Technology teaches passivity. Absorbed in our devices - at any age - we are absorbed in someone else's perspective. "

" People get so focused on the big dream that they forget about the process. "

" When we clear the physical clutter from our lives, we literally make way for inspiration and 'good, orderly direction' to enter. "

" In my experience, divorce takes you out for about 10 years, but you hear people talk about it lightly. The same with depression. You only have to have one good breakdown before you realize you need help. It's pretty frightening. "