I just figured that was the life I picked, so I had to make the most of it.

Maybe part of find what you wanted was recognizing what you didn't want. Maybe there was hope for me yet.

Maybe part of finding what you wanted was recognizing what you didn’t want.

Why one human being is attracted to another is one of the great mysteries of the world.

He looks good for a while, but ya know, ya can’t shine a sneaker.

The remnants of his adolescent vulnerability were all over his face.

I confronted the fact that I was not only talking to a dog, but answering for one.

If I didn’t have a job, I might have stayed in bed until I rotted.

Thomas had never seen anything like her in his life, and he knew, with a beautiful sort of sadness, that he never would again.

The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

Each man has a breaking point, no matter how strong his spirit. Somewhere, deep inside him, there is a flaw that only the fickle cruelty of fate can find.

The only thing you can lose is ... your connection to who-you-are.

My photos tend to be confusing. I show a great many vistas.

I've always considered the French-speaking part of Switzerland as a province of France.

Everyone deserves music.

Every painting I do is related to the last one: it may be a continuation of a previous painting or it may be a reaction against it.

I have a story that will make you believe in God.