I don't want to see any art-writing gobbledygook or overblown words in an essay about me. If a smaller, simpler word will do - use it.

Writing gave me a second chance - not to change things, but to savor them. That is a great gift.

You are actually constructing... what your head understood about what your eyes saw.

The real function of the artist is to give fresh vision to their own generation.

My paintings are so legible, I feel guilty.

Take a moment to think... See - logically.

Never underestimate the power of the words 'I love you' or the comfort of a simple hug. Grow your love daily.

Once the tugboat takes you out to the ocean liner, you got to get all the way on board. Can't straddle both decks.

By the time that adorable steak and I had become one flesh I could have taken on the whole Valmy clan singlehanded.

It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

When you've been hurt, you don't make excuses for the jerk who hurt you. That's his mama's job.

As a kid, I had a background in theater.

The point is not to direct someone, but to direct oneself.

Highest Providence often works a wonderful miracle: that of having evil men make others who are evil to become good.

It is utterly useless to try to change the outer world, for it is but a reflection of inner causes. The true seeker seeks to change himself.