“The base of the work is one of individuals believing in themselves, trusting themselves in the moment and being accepting of themselves and the people around them. In order to improvise in front of an audience, you have to be accepting, involved in the moment and courageous.”

“Have you ever had one of those moments when you look up and realize that you're one of those people you see on the train talking to themselves?”

“She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves.”

“You know how writers are… they create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in order to create themselves.”

“Those who forgive themselves and are able to accept their real nature, they are the strong ones.”

“People accept their limitations so as to prevent themselves from wanting anything they might get.”

“Accept - then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.”

“The moment you accept God's ordering, that moment your work ceases to be a task, and becomes your calling; you pass from bondage to freedom, from the shadow-land of life into life itself.”

“There is a decivilizing bug somewhere at work; unconsciously persons of stern worth, by not resenting and resisting the small indignities of the times, are preparing themselves for the eventual acceptance of what they themselves know they don’t want.”

“Children at once accept joy and happiness with quick familiarity, being themselves naturally all happiness and joy.”