We have a culture that is indirect in the extreme, where by the time you're five years old, you've watched tons of… — Michael Ventura Age Copy Share Image
I try to write into the heart of experience. Then, through the experience of the writing, that heart reveals itself to me.… — Michael Ventura Art Copy Share Image
Be careful how you choose your enemy, for you will come to resemble him. The moment you adapt your enemy's methods your… — Michael Ventura Be careful Copy Share Image
My spirit life is also the medium in which I live. It's not something that comes and goes. Without one the other… — Michael Ventura Comes and goes Copy Share Image
Most of us aren't very graceful about not having our needs met, when and how we want them met. — Michael Ventura Mets Copy Share Image
It may be that it is not given to us to know when we are angels. We may only be given to… — Michael Ventura Angel Copy Share Image
“They think I may be dangerous, and I am, but not in the way they fear. I have tasted of Paradise. Not… — Michael Ventura Dangerous man Copy Share Image
The value of having an inner map of the world as it is (not as it's broadcast) is this: it allows you… — Michael Ventura Breathing Copy Share Image
Creativity is the vulnerability to spiritual and physical sensation, and to experience, combined with and acting upon a certain level of skill,… — Michael Ventura Acting Copy Share Image
Good is not the opposite of evil, joy is the opposite of evil. — Michael Ventura Evil Copy Share Image
Courage can't make you an artist, but without that courage, you won't remain one for long. First is the courage to be… — Michael Ventura Art Copy Share Image
If I had the money and the drinking capacity, I'd probably live at a roulette table and let my life go to… — Michael Ventura Capacity Copy Share Image
“It's as absurd to expect a life to have meaning, in contrast to the vastness of the Universe, as it is absurd… — Michael Ventura Life Copy Share Image
