In my lap I had my dear little pug, the smell of whose ears will always be sweeter to me than all the perfumes of Araby and the scent of heliotrope combined.

Life would be a great deal easier if dead things had the decency to remain dead.

What a burden it must be to know all the terrible things you've done and support it with arms unfit to carry it all.

A thousand moments lost because you took them for granted, just because you expected a thousand more.

I was close to getting married a long time ago. But it didn't happen, and since then it has not been happening. It is jinxed, and I am very happy. I hope this jinx continues.

I did Internet dating for a while, and that is rife with horrible dating stories.

I want everyone to be able to have the same experience through the music as me. It's important to get it out.

If painting weren't so difficult, it wouldn't be fun.

A man who fears ridicule will never go far, for good or ill: he remains on this side of this talents, and even if he has genius, he is doomed to mediocrity.

Hold an image of the life you want, and that image will become fact.