Open your eyes. Reality awaits.

The power of belief gives legitimacy to whatever may be necessary.

We forget because we must And not because we will.

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

Hatred does not cease in this world by hating, but by not hating; this is an eternal truth.

Often writing is like a struggle to get back to a kind of belated, quite impure virginity.

Any artist who doesn't think he's the best should quit.

I love to travel and to be inspired by new things, so everything is always new. I've never done the same bathroom or the same kitchen a second time. It's challenging, and I like to be challenged.

The beauty of personal authenticity can compensate for the lost beauty of our youth.

Friends, there are many areas in which I need encouragement, but worrying is not one of them. I worry the way Renée Fleming sings high Cs: Effortlessly. Loudly. At length.

Live life as if it were created just for you.