Thamsanqa Jiyane Quotes & Sayings

The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.
Piet Mondrian
The Artist's Way A Spiritual Path to Greater Creativity by Julia Cameron — Piet Mondrian

Writers tell you what to think. Great writers make you think. — Chloe Thurlow

Poverty has a home in Africalike a quiet second skin.It may be the only place on earth where it is worn with unconscious dignity. — Bessie Head

I would have to commit to this- commit as much of me as there was left, every one of the broken pieces. It was the only way to be fair to him. Would I? Could I?
Would it be wrong to try to make Jacob happy? Even if the love I felt for him was no more than a weak echo of what I was capable of, even if my heart was far away, wandering and grieving after my fickle Romeo, would it be so very wrong? — Stephenie Meyer

He fell for a hundred years into darkness — Neil Gaiman

Standing out as a writer today requires more than a bright idea and limpid prose. Authors need to become businesspeople as well. — Dave Morris

Behind him, the sheep, left to their own devices, decide to wander through the open gate into the field beyond. — Erin Morgenstern

I imagine she came out of the birth canal holding a cupcake and a spatula. — Katja Millay

I was just ready to make a movie for the girls. It was just really fun to write for a girl. It was really indulgent and sweet. The whole movie feels indulgent, doesn't it? It's such a romp in England. — Jerusha Hess

Matthew once said to me, after one of my more finely worded rants about stupid people who have the wrong opinions, "Nadia, the thing that sucks is that every time we draw a line between us and others, Jesus is always on the other side of it." Damn. — Nadia Bolz-Weber

I'm operating on Tiny Teddies and hope — Melissa Keil

Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure. — Byron Nelson