Bad art might be defined as a series of bad choices about what to show and what to leave out.

You normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils, sunsets and uneventful nice days.

Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.

The challenge for a human now is to be more interesting to another than his or her smartphone.

There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.

Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.

Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.

Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.

One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone.

To one's enemies: "I hate myself more than you ever could.

The only people we can think of as normal are those we don't yet know very well.

The nobility of England would have snored through the Sermon on the Mount. But you'll labor like scholars over a bulldog's pedigree.

Everything passes everything wears out everything breaks.(Tout passe tout lasse tout casse.)

Technology is the answer, but what was the question?

Clinton's resilience became sort of the secret weapon of the campaign. He was never going to just give up and get out.

From Maya Angelou I began to believe that I, too, someday, could be a writer, and I also learned how tortuous it can be to be in possession of a unique voice.

Every time a customer calls or you call a customer, you have an opportunity and a choice. What choice are you making?

Your trade becomes very much impacted by the quality of your life experiences and your capacity to process them.

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness.

Some sigh for this and that; My wishes don't go far; The world may wag at will, So I have my cigar.

I really would not change anything. Have a passion for what you do, work hard, have great people with good personalities, enjoy the ride.