Drawing is like studying Greek and piano- you can't speak or play in your conscious, which is clumsy. You must get it into your subconscious, which is graceful. But that takes time.

First we draw what we see; then we draw what we know; finally we see what we know.

First you draw what you see. Next, you draw what you know, and only then will you know what it is that you see.

An artist sees things not as they are, but as he is.

Am I the kind of person I want my eternal companion to be?

If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.

Books are not about passing the time. They're about other lives. Other worlds.

This is what I want to do with Violet - give her only the good, keep away the bad, so that good is all we ever have around us

Conservatives are more religious than liberals--although there is no evidence that they're nicer people because of it.

A pen connects you to the paper. It definitely matters.

In the marketplace, design is your greatest differentiator once everything becomes comparable in terms of technology and quality.

I went to the store and bought lady fingers, when I got home I noticed one of the fingers was missing so I went back to the store and the manager was nice enough to give me the finger.

People who like to fume about the manner in which Disney changed beloved classics are often ignorant of history, not to mention the realities of show business.

God like Us suffers the ambition to make a destiny more extraordinary than was conceived for Him, yes God is like Me, only more so.

Writers don't seem to benefit much by the advance of science, although they thrive on superstitions of all kinds.