A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle.

An artist must have imagination. An artist who does not use his imagination is a mechanic.

There are mighty few people who think what they think they think.

What we need is more sense of the wonder of life and less of this business of making a picture.

You pass people on the street, some are for you, some are not.

There is weakness in pretending to know more than you know or in stating less than you know.

We are troubled by having two selves, the inner and the outer. The outer one is rather dull and lets great things go by.

Cherish your own emotions and never under-value them. We are not here to do what has already been done.

If we can benchmark nature on how it operates, then we never have to worry about how, and when God takes care of us.

Dead man shouldn’t have no fears. Makes his passing easier.

Bliss is amplified and fortified by being centered during the everyday stuff.

A man who has not enough originality to think out a new title for his book will be much less capable of giving it new contents.

Alec slid his hand from Jace's arm to his shoulder. Magnus cleared his throat. Alec dropped his hand. Simon grinned into his undrunk coffee.

Fancy Restaurant: one that serves cold soup on purpose.

Hoarding knowledge ultimately erodes your power. If you know something important, the way to get power is by sharing it.

A sensation, hidden in the depths of my emotional memory, was suddenly revived: what if... What if for me The Variation is not dead? If The Variation is alive?!

While praying, listen to the words very carefully. When your heart is attentive, your entire being enters your prayer without your having to force it.

Judy Garland was the singer I most wanted to sound like then, not to copy, but to get some of her soul and purity. A wonderful young voice.