I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.
Writing well mean never having to say, 'I guess you had to be there.'
That which is won ill, will never wear well, for there is a curse attends it which will waste it. The same corrupt dispositions which incline men to sinful ways of getting, will incline them to the like sinful ways of spending.
Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way.
Desire creates the power.
You can’t turn love on and off like a light switch, no matter how hard you try. All you can do is wall it off, one brick at a time, until you’ve created an impenetrable fortress around your emotions. And once that fortress is built, you camouflage it so well that even you can’t see it anymore.
In all the affairs of life, social as well as political, courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest to the grateful and appreciating heart.
Maybe because it's entirely an artist's eye, patience and skill that makes an image and not his tools.
Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light.