Drawing used to be a civilized thing to do, like reading and writing. It was taught in elementary schools. It was democratic. It was a boon to happiness.

Art, not unlike raising children... may entail much sacrifice and periods of despair, but, with luck, the effort will produce something that outlives you.

The consolation of art comes in many forms... For some it is making, for others it is having.

Everything, even the most ordinary daily affair, is enriched by the lessons that can be gleaned from art.

Under ordinary circumstances, bad art naturally gets sorted out and disappears. That is how history works when it is left alone to do its job.

Out of routine comes inspiration. That's the idea, anyway. To grasp what's exceptional, you first have to know what's routine.

Art provides us with clues about how to live our own lives more fully... art becomes our entree to the sublime.

All writers, all storytellers, are imposing their own narrative on something.

In an era where Existence is incontestable, Truth is subjective, and Reality is perceived, fiction must mediate between the three.

There is nothing Tourettic about the New York City subways.

We know from the material that was recovered from the bin Laden compound that bin Laden was looking at the 10th anniversary of 9/11 as an opportunity to strike yet again at the U.S. homeland.

It seems that in the world of politics, lying is not such a big deal.

You're on a positive road. You have some type of direction where you're going, so you have to just keep on going.

When you first start working for me, directly for me, I micromanage until I trust you.

Because love is so enormous, the only thing you can think of doing is swallowing the person that you love entirely.

I'm confident being at Universal, which is a great home for me, 'cause they understand what I'm trying to do.

Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy - the joy of being Salvador Dalí - and I ask myself in rapture: What wonderful things this Salvador Dalí is going to accomplish today?

People ask me, "How's Teen Wolf?," and I tell them it's literally the best job I've ever had.