A fool is very dangerous when in power.

It is far more honest to be undeservedly ignored than to be honoured without merit.

But you've slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart

Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future.

Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight.

Nashville is the place where I first realized how impossible it is to look at someone and know what is inside them, what special something they possess.

He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.

In art, everything is particular. The more particular and the more intimate you get, the more you can give in the piece.

Too rigid scruples are concealed pride.

I realize that I am never going to grow up.

What of a truth that is bounded by these mountains and is falsehood to the world that lives beyond?

If you want somethin', go get it. Period.