Artists deserve to make a living

there's something wrong with any art that makes a woman all bust

My beloved jay, give me a name now. call out the name you give me, looking into the deepest place in your heart. Everytime you call my name, I'll fly to you and be your wings.

Some guys spend days looking for something they lost. I never seem to have anything that if I lost it I'd care too much.

You have to experiment with different mediums and things around you [making art].

He's got great credentials by winning the World Cup, but he did it with Brazil - my granny could probably have managed Brazil to World Cup success.

I've always felt that night doesn't fall. Night rises. There are these incidences in flying where you just sit there. It's one of the best seats in the house.

Seems to me home is where I am loved and safe and needed.

Everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best.

Courage is doing something despite the fear, and I've worked hard on being a courageous person.

I teach a non-fiction writing class at New York University, and one of my great pleasures is deciding on the syllabus.