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

[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.

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.

Sometimes fiction is more easily understood than true events. Reality is often pathetic.

I want to create, not kill.

It is the littlest of flowers that fly the farthest . . . That have the courage to fly the farthest.

I wish for sorrow to be a full stop and happiness to be a comma in my life.

If one man challenges a statement and another cannot prove it, it does not necessarily follow that the statement is false.

You need to relax. Maybe we should stop at a bar for alcohol first.""For me or for them?""For them, of course. It's important to get them loaded early in the day. Makes them easier to control.

The reson I don't own a cell phone is I like making plans and being free and being normal, the way everyone was back in the 80's. Kill your cell phone.

A small deer came into my camp and stole my bag of pickles. Is there a way I can get reimbursed? Please call.

Designers are not users.

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.

Everything I show you is the truth-And the truth is the loveliest of lies.