"If you ask me, what is helpful to creativity is training the eye to notice things, to observe closely and precisely, being careful not to make a muddle of it."

“When thoughts are reduced, power of the mind and its subtlety increases, tunes with the Universe. Then you can see the realms beyond the common understanding. When the mind is pure and quiet it becomes one with the universal mind. That mind is like a mirror. The secrets of the Universe will be revealed there.”

“I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway”

“Barry Manilow has gone from being the love of my life to being a friend for life.”

“You have a divine right to choose whom you will play with and under what circumstances. By eliminating any energy drag, the positive good things in your life will resonate faster and faster.”

“Belief, confidence in yourself.. the world’s your playground. Limitless. My question is... will you be remembered?”

“In the course of normal speaking the inhibitory function of the will is continuously directed to bringing the course of ideas and the articulatory movements into harmony with each other. If the expressive movement which which follows the idea is retarded through mechanical causes, as is the case in writing ... such anticipations make their appearance with particular ease.”

“You feel your game's raised by working with the best people.”

“Californians are good at planning for the earthquake, while simultaneously denying it will happen.”

Source : Sheila Ballantyne (1988). “Life on Earth: Stories”, Simon & Schuster