As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true.

Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories.

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

Paradise Is exactly like Where you are right now Only much much Better.

Art is about paying attention.

History is an angel being blown backwards into the future

I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.

People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get to the end of the word. There's just regret.

I believe that the purpose of death is the release of love.

I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior.

It's good to take a longer view and think, what would I really like to do if I had no limitations whatsoever?

You may ask, "What do I do with my anger and hate?" Love them. At their heart, they are love designed to change or keep out what does not belong, and this can increase love.

Yes, I am an author. I have written some beautiful love stories and witnessed some ugly relationships.

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in our health, or we suffer in our soul, or we get fat.

Sometimes when you get disappointment it makes you stronger.

A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.

Evil and good are everywhere, like shadow and substance; inseparable (for men) yet not hostile, only opposed.

The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do.

The imagination is of so delicate a texture that even words wound it.