I love early snow now, though. Especially snow that happens when you least expect it and just sprinkles down for a while. It feels like a secret.

But you're an artist. you should know there's more to a story than the part happening right now.

A gust of wind rattles the window, and I look out. Leaves are whooshing all over the place, flying past horizontally as if they have engines of their own.

What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare?

In the year 2052, it's not love but hate that unites the world.

What you are pleased to call Sufism is merely the record of past method.

Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?

Get it out of your head that wine’s just a drink. Real wine is like a missing human gene. It vaccinates you against mundanity, against bad life.

Each painting evolves freely and independently.

Before marriage, a man will lie awake thinking about something you said; after marriage , he'll fall asleep before you finish saying it.

Hate California--it's cold and it's damp.

I'm my own worst critic, so I try and not focus on what I've done wrong, or what I could improve on.

The most important step in emancipating oneself from social controls is the ability to find rewards in the events of each moment.