I treat business a bit like a computer game. I count money as points. I'm doing really well: making lots of money and lots of points.
You can't be an actor in a small town-you have to go to New York or L. A.
If you don’t have a struggle inside or around you, you have to make one up.
Technique plays a part - you have to know how to play.
When I say nothing, I say everything
If what you are doing is working, DON'T change just to be different. Just get better.
I gave myself over to music and art a long time ago, so I don't get to relax and I don't get to sit still. The best I can do is constantly create my own environment so it benefits what I need to accomplish in the next step.
In the corporate world you get a report card every quarter and have to talk about it, whereas the church can drip, drip through bad trends for decades and decades.
A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
If [Donald Trump] really has an agenda to help, let him move forward with it. We'll see.
While I was drawn to the Renaissance, my first (unpublished) novels took place in modern times. When the subject of alchemy started creeping into my stories, an astute mentor observed that the bits about alchemy might fit better in another time frame. When I finally decided to weave the pieces about the medieval science into historical settings, a successful novel began to emerge. (And I dusted off that art history book, and put it to use once again. )