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

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

" For most people, creativity is a serious business. They forget the telling phrase 'the play of ideas' and think that they need to knuckle down and work more. Often, the reverse is true. They need to play. "

" It's important always to have a sense of wonder. "

" Nothing dies harder than a bad idea. "

" 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. "

" We go into parenting, and we discover that we don't have the answers. We are at a loss. "

" 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. "

" When I was first approached about doing an autobiography, I said, 'absolutely not.' But when I sat down, memories came pouring out. It wrote very quickly - I think there was an emotional impulse, because once I started in, the story itself carried me along. It was a very intense writing period and took a year and change to finish. "

" 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 believe that the 'dark night of the soul' is a common spiritual experience. I believe, too, that the answer is continued seeking and perseverance. It helps to know that others have endured a loss of faith. "

" I grew up in what you might call a relentlessly creative household. We were given art supplies, music supplies... Our mother knew enough to get us started and then stand back and not meddle. My parents never said to us, 'Don't you think you'll need something to fall back on?' They acted as though creativity was completely normal. "

" 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. "

" In limits, there is freedom. Creativity thrives within structure. Creating safe havens where our children are allowed to dream, play, make a mess and, yes, clean it up, we teach them respect for themselves and others. "

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

" 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 think we have a great deal of mythology around writing. We believe that only a few people can really do it. I wrote a book called 'The Right to Write.' In it, I argued that all of us have the capacity to write. That it's as normal to write as it is to speak. "

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

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

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

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

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

" Writing is a spiritual practice in that people that have no spiritual path can undertake it and, as they write, they begin to wake up to a larger connection. After a while, people tend to find that there is some muse that they are connecting to. "

" 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. "

" My work unblocks people, and then I look at the work that they do, and I think, 'My God, how could they not have known they were talented? How could they not have known?' "

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

" 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. "