Writing is easy. Writing well is hard work.

Who we are now is all that really matters.

Anyone who says writing is easy isn't doing it right.

Words are a puzzle put them together the right way and you get something beautiful.

Literature cannot be imposed it must be discovered.

That’s the way life is sometimes: you can fix things up, but you can’t make them all better.

The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.

Exactly what good are our eyes if they are not willing to see what's right before us?

Mine the long night The secret place Where lovers meet In long embrace In purple dark In silvered kiss Forget the world And grasp your bliss

Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.

I wish there was someone I could have written to after that, someone I could have written to explain how awful it was to have someone touch you, then look at you properly and change his mind.

Don't be afraid of your dark places. ... If you can shine a light on them, you'll find treasure there.

If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.

There is no way I could have ever dared to make a documentary, much less have the money to make a documentary, if it was on 16mm. But, with the magic of digital.

Develop the ability to stand back as a witness to your thoughts. This will make your mind strong.

Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.