Abstract and conceptual painters face different demons than representational painters, but neither group has a monopoly on either authenticity or originality.

Painting is at once a form of meditation and an utter, complete personal engagement with life.

Love is an unconditional commitment.. When someone unconditionally loves you it changes you.

Thomas felt his spirits lift, but immediately squashed them back down. Getting his hopes up was something he’d sworn never to do again. Not until all this was over.

Pro-choice supporters are often heard using the cool language of the courts and the vocabulary of rights. Americans who are deeply ambivalent about abortion often miss the sound of caring.

The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.

The nepotism there is the stuff of legend... It just seems to be a place where people get paid to sit in a building.

The word 'when' is so important for a people, for an individual! If an individual thinks he won't do it, he'll never do it. Even if he's highly intelligent, even if he has countless talents.

Let's all start walking more and driving less.

Whining is not only graceless, but it can be dangerous. It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood.

A champion of the workingman has never been known to die of overwork.

I don't know what my friends do. Generally they become producers. That way they can stop writing!