Creativity is a space for solitary longing, the desire to be elsewhere in space and time, to be in a new ideal world where life is as it should be.

When I take up my pen to write, I feel the strength of standing up and refusing to be silent. In an oppressive situation, silence is death.

We wear on our faces the results of what we believe and how we behave, and such behavior is most evident in the eyes and on the faces of those who have lived many years.

Wine is not a magic serum of truth. It just silences that smart little voice in your head which advises against saying some dumb shit.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down the fence.

What the meaning of human life may be I don't know: I incline to suspect that it has none.

What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?

It's the nicest thing on earth if someone comes up to me and says, 'Every day I drink out of a mug you designed.'

Life never stops. The torment of men will be eternal, unless the function of creating and acting and changing, living intensely through each day, be considered an eternal joy.

I feel I shall live a long time.

You grow up trying to interpret, worshipping, visual symbols. It's a body-soaked imagery that you're looking at.

A preacher's life should be a commentary upon his doctrine... Heavenly doctrines should always be adorned with a heavenly life.