All the same, writing honestly is very difficult. The more I try to be honest, the farther my words sink into darkness.

Whenever I look at the ocean, I always want to talk to people, but when I'm talking to people, I always want to look at the ocean.

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.

That's how it is with art. Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning are incapable of such writing.

We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon.

If people doubt you, then you made progress from "who cares?

Since nothing is free, to each his price.

Many a marriage hardly differs from prostitution, except being harder to escape from.

I really just followed my musical instincts every step of my life.

Diversity is its most consistent characteristic....The characteristics of freely improvised music are established only by the sonic-musical identity of the person or persons playing it.

Whatever money you might have, self-worth really lies in finding out what you do best.

... the effort, diligence, and care required in practicing must be quickly suspended when pressure coming from anxiety or a desire for fast results causes them to degenerate.

The Communist Party of China is a party that seeks peace, harmony and reconciliation, unlike the Communist Party of the former Soviet Union