A Status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies a deeper one of wonder at it all.

London is a bad habit one hates to lose.

A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment.

Create your own god in your mind whom you can love, trust, and follow.

One of the strangest things is the act of creation.You are faced with a blank slate—a page, a canvas, a block of stone or wood, a silent musical instr

Only he who is uncompromising as to his rights maintains the sense of duty.

At first it was difficult for me to draw. My right hand doesn't work anymore so I had to train myself to use my left hand. But I persevered. The first one I ended up finishing was the duck.

Once there were 'outside' and 'inside' paintings-now there is no difference.

Most of the people I write about have been ambitious outlanders who have been attracted to New York from other parts of the world.

For me music is totally freeing, and it's its' own language too. You follow it, in a way.

I will always have a career. I believe in working. I don't believe that taking care of your house and children is enough for a woman. You don't feel complete.

It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.

It's a tough life if you don't weaken.