Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.

I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing

You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that!

Love is the promise that guides me.

Down the ancient corridors through the gates of time, run the ghosts of dreams that we have left behind.

Wealthy the spirit that knows its own flight. Stealthy the hunter who slays his own fright. Blessed the traveler who journeys the length of the light

Love when you can, cry when you have to, be who you must, that's a part of the plan. Await your arrival with simple survival, and one day we'll all understand.

My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to

There's a heaven on earth that so few ever find, though the map's in your soul and the road's in your mind

A simple smile, a tender touch, speaks the true language of love.

Between the worlds of men and make believe I can be found.

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.

The path to Salvation is as narrow and as difficult to walk as a razor's edge.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

Day's work is still to do, Whatever the day's doom.

Recently I've been doing risottos. Some of them have been amazing. Some of them, not all of them.

I think there are a number of issues that we should be addressing. I have put forth a plan to defeat ISIS.

Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end - tonight's moon

Every word written is a victory against death.

I think [food producers] should appreciate that we're only targeting their property. Because frankly I think it's time to start targeting them.

Remember who you are and whose you are.