There is only one po- sition for an artist anywhere: and that is, upright.

Do not go gently into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.

I hold a beast, an angel and a madman within me.

Life always offers you a second chance. is called tomorrow.

Light breaks where no sun shines; Where no sea runs, the waters of the heart; Push in their tides.

When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.

Love is the last light spoken.

An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do.

It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea.

The best craftsmanship always leaves holes and gaps... so that something that is not in the poem can creep, crawl, flash or thunder in.

I do not need any friends. I prefer enemies. They are better company and their feelings towards you are always genuine.

Now comes the mystery! (last words)

There are no conditions to which a man cannot become used, especially if he sees that all around him are living in the same way.

Going to another country you're not in your house, you're with people you've never met before, and I think it's definitely a good growing experience.

Nordics deteriorate when mixed with other races.

In the studio, I do try to have a thought in my head, so that it's not like a blank stare.

Nature did not make me willowy.

I wouldn't bet on a horse unless he came up to my house and told me to himself.

I just loved Bette Davis and the fact that I had a chance to work with her [on the 1979 TV movie Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter] was momentous.

What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really see the world, but when we do, we become as still as a picture.

All the body's systems and processes - your nerves, your emotions - take instruction from what is going on with your breath.