There are only two ways to be a god: through creation or murder.

[We often] criticize the people on TV: 'He just can't act.' 'You call that singing?' ... We get jealous not because we're evil, but because we have little artists pent up inside us.

The magic question is, 'What for?' But art is not for anything. Art is the ultimate goal.

We are all born artists. ... Almost everything kids do is art.

A novel, basically, is writing one sentence — then, without violating the scope of the first one, writing the next sentence.

I always take a close look at those who lose themselves in self portraits. They are solitary souls, prone to introspection, who have really grappled with their existence.

When the moon covers the sun, we have a solar eclipse. What do you call it when birds do that?

Novels are food for the leftover hours of life, the in-between times, the moments of waiting.

And still everything’s the same, even though I did my best to get as far away as I could.

The artistic desire reveals itself in dark form - in karaoke bars [or] trolling on the Internet.

Dont be a fish; be a frog. Swim in the water and jump when you hit ground.

The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.

All pomp and show.” Anjali’s glare at the house would’ve exploded bricks if she’d had superhuman powers. “A fat cow needs a big barn.

I'm bound to say that New York's a topping place to be exiled in. Everybody was awfully good to me, and there seemed to be plenty of things going on, and I'm a wealthy bird, so everything was fine.

The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.

My mother always taught me to be strong and to never be a victim. Never make excuses. Never expect anyone else to provide for me things I know I can provide for myself.

We can always gain more depth and breadth in our work [as educators]. There are always new discoveries to be made.

The past is history, the future's a mystery.

What artists call posterity is the posterity of the work of art.

Real holiness has love for its essence, humility for its clothing, the good of others as its employment, and the honor of God as its end.

What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.