He had always loved God. In his darkest hours he cried out, "God did not create us to abandon us.

Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]

The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.

There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.

I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.

Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create poetry.

Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.

Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.

No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.

A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

Like many young people, I believe I have potential to make a positive impact in the world.

I don't think about Hollywood at all.

I believe that we do not share as many values with Russia yet as we do with the United States. On the other hand, we have a strong interest in Russia developing in a reasonable direction.

Only the ones who believe ever see what they dream, ever dream what comes true.

I didn't have things as a child, and I was determined to get them.

I think that writers have natural canvases, and my canvas, even in short stories, often seems to be the scope of a life.

Inconsistency has been overpraised by people who do not expect to suffer from it.

To say something nice about themselves, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do.

Quantum mechanics is weird. I don't understand it. Just live with it. You don't have to understand the nature of things in order to build cool devices.

how can you love a little cat so much in such a short short time?