The blizzard doesn't last forever; it just seems so.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.

Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.

Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

I think once you have done all you can to a manuscript, let it find its way in the world.

Belief, confidence in yourself.. the world’s your playground. Limitless. My question is... will you be remembered?

Life is more important than art; that's what makes art important.

I'm the No. 1 artist in the world right now ... I am the No. 1 human being in music.

There is no reason not to consider the world as one gigantic painting.

Pay enough for anything and it passes for taste.

He has that uniqueness to respond to a tough situation with ease. He does not involve himself much emotionally, and that’s his quality. India are lucky to have a captain like Dhoni.

The most important thing when ill is to never lose heart.

If you had the mental energy in the tank, you could create in an instant.