I have found that the less expectation you put on others, the more happiness you will find with them and yourself.

Artistic creativity is a whirlpool of imagination that swirls in the depths of the mind.

I spent the first half of my career learning what to put into my work, and the second half learning what to leave out.

I failed math; Einstein passed it. But he couldn’t paint and sculpt like me. So we all have these specialties, these strengths.

Strip it all down to essentials and draw the hell out of what's left.

To add to truth distracts from it.

Truth in my love for the subject will produce superior results.

One of the greatest tragedies in life is to lose your own sense of self and accept the version of you that is expected by everyone else.

Sometimes the sound of silence is the most deafening sound of all.

You will never know how high you can climb until you reach the top.

You don't have the right to complain about your life if you're not willing to change it

Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.

When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.

I never said nothing...""I know you never! I could hear you not saying anything! You've got the loudest silences I ever did hear from anyone who wasn't dead!

The ugly man, is the harsh man.

The poetry when I was a kid felt like something that I could control, and whether it failed or not, whether it was good or not, was totally on me and I could accept that. It was entirely mine.

I think that ethical behaviour is another feature of the kind of inner discipline that leads to a happier existence.

I've never had a MySpace or a Facebook page. I avoid that entirely.

I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first drafts. But I'm one of the world's great rewriters.

Sometimes when you take a tough action against one side in the conflict, they see you as part of the conflict and they attack you.

A father, finding time for what is most important is the true marker of a successful person.