“Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.”

“Write your way out of a thinking block—because you'll never think your way out of a writing block.”

“I was twenty then. What the hell, I used to say, take your time, Bandini. You got ten years to write a book, so take it easy, get out and learn about life, walk the streets. That’s your trouble: your ignorance of life.”

“Like I say, the way I write songs is, you know, inspirational. I have to wait for it to happen. And when it happens I get lines, and I just write them down, you know. I'm not sort of a Tin Pan Alley sort of songwriter. I just sort of write down what I get - without censoring or questioning what it is and what it means, you know. Like later on I look at what it means, but not at the time.”

“A writer writes what he knows, in ways that are natural to him.”

“Get out of your own way. (p.28)”

“Write what you know, and what do you know better than your own secrets?”

“A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.”

“The true basis of religion is not belief, but intuitive experience. Intuition is the soul’s power of knowing God. To know what religion is really all about, one must know God.”

“Find what causes a commotion in your heart. Find a way to write about that”