If you love everything you do, you will probably end up with mediocre work. I think dissatisfaction with the state of things does propel creative people forward.

Most artists probably feel lonely or set apart in childhood. But they grow up and find people who share their interests.

Art never lies, I believe.

The pleasure that attaches to the artistic life comes in imagining what we might do as opposed to acknowledging what we have done.

You have to be willing to recognize failure.

When you feel your book is the height of irrelevance you can return to the excitement of the daily news.

It doesn't matter where she looks, there are always the beautiful imperfections of a marriage.

Sometimes hate is silence, some stuff are made in such way that they are in front of your eyes.

I was saying yes because when you're in love, the world is full of possibilities, and when you're in love, you want to take every single one of them.

Look back, and smile on perils past!

But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them.

Hope is like an anchor. Our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life, but unlike an anchor, it does not hold us back.

I'm a paranoid schizophrenic. I am my own entourage!

However, if I ever were in a position to choose who would play me, I think I'd choose Johnny Depp.

I love all religions, but I am in love with my own.

I have spent many days stringing and unstringing my instrument while the song I came to sing remains unsung.