A kid who has just started to lie is taking the first step as a storyteller.

[We often] criticize the people on TV: 'He just can't act.' 'You call that singing?' ... We get jealous not because we're evil, but because we have little artists pent up inside us.

The magic question is, 'What for?' But art is not for anything. Art is the ultimate goal.

We are all born artists. ... Almost everything kids do is art.

A novel, basically, is writing one sentence — then, without violating the scope of the first one, writing the next sentence.

I always take a close look at those who lose themselves in self portraits. They are solitary souls, prone to introspection, who have really grappled with their existence.

When the moon covers the sun, we have a solar eclipse. What do you call it when birds do that?

Novels are food for the leftover hours of life, the in-between times, the moments of waiting.

And still everything’s the same, even though I did my best to get as far away as I could.

The artistic desire reveals itself in dark form - in karaoke bars [or] trolling on the Internet.

Dont be a fish; be a frog. Swim in the water and jump when you hit ground.

I can't promise to becalm, dignified, and indifferent, like a rock by the sea...If my heart's going to break, let it break from anger, grief, or

My mom and I always had a great bond. It was always a natural friendship bond since early on. My mom was 18 when she had me.

My attraction had been immediate and profound. And it had nothing to do with the way he looked. My attraction was to what resided between his lines.

You can have anything you want. You just have to decide what you want and do everything it takes to get it!

While at first it seemed like a depressing realization, I soon realized that makeup is powerful - it's every woman's secret weapon.

Anytime you've played in a place and you get a win against your old team, it feels good.

Every good thought you think is contributing its share to the ultimate result of your life.

I liked you because you could make me smile. I fell in love with you because you made me want to be a better person. Now that you're leaving me, what am I supposed to do?

Be careful. Everything you say, every single day, may be recorded in your students’ hearts forever.

If Moses had operated through committees the Israelites never would have got across the Red Sea.