An artist must paint not simply surface light but what is inside, what he sees within his subject

Art is the business of selling fetishes, sacred relics once touched by genius: what the forger offers the gullible buyer is not art, it is "authenticity

Vermeer's skill was in combining few colors, mixing little and using layers of lakes and varnishes to build up the illusion of life

An artist must paint not simply surface light, but what is inside, what he sees within his subject

When faith is supported by facts or by logic it ceases to be faith.

Virtue can only flourish among equals.

E-mail importance is defined by the receiver, not the sender.

As long as the protagonist wants something, the audience will want something.

Perhaps fate isn't blind after all. Perhaps it's capable of fantasy, even compassion.

Keep your heart right, even when it is sorely wounded.

Women are the field that produces our nation. And if you can't protect your women, you can't protect your nation.

I killed a guy, maybe two. Possibly three. I have one power. Not two or three or four. Just one. I met a girl, and she changed everything.

Writing ... is practically the only activity a person can do that is not competitive.

I just want you that's it. All your flaws, mistakes, smiles, giggles, jokes, sarcasm. Everything. I just want you