We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.

Two daiquiris withdrew into a corner of a gorgeous room and one told the other a lie.

Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.

I am so wise I had my mouth sewn shut.

Ever to confess you're bored means you have no Inner Resources.

That is our ‘pointed task. Love & die.

But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform. A civilization based on them puts people out of touch with their creative powers.

This world is gradually becoming a place Where I do not care to be any more.

I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. Peoples bore me, literature bores me, especially great literature.

If you can hold back, judge people and differentiate between right and wrong you are not in love.

You are your artYour are your songYou are your craft.You are all the immaculate designs of which you dream

Our response to an event is more important than the event itself.

Wouldst thou know if a people be well governed, or if its laws be good or bad, examine the music it practices.

Race, and the discussion of it brings out the bad, the good and the crazy in us.

For Beatrice- When we were together I felt breathless. Now you are.

I got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample.

When I was a little kid, I used to walk miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles of railroad tracks.

Every now and again, a painting will get away from my control and take over. Sometimes it's a good thing. Sometimes it's a giant drooling hairy thing with pointy teeth. You know how it is.

More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul.