In the end, the effectiveness of our creative process comes down to whether we’re going to whine or do the work.

Look at the blank pages before you with courage. Now fill them with beauty.

You will not be stuck forever. The trick is to know there are no tricks. There is, in fact, no easy way. There is only the work.

Vision is easy. Ideas are even easier. It's execution that separates the amateurs from the pros.

Most, if not all, creativity is born out of perspiration rather than inspiration.

The best ideas must move you before they can move someone else.

Becoming an artist is about sitting and paying attention to the world that is passing everyone else by

Every day in New York City is a test. Work hard and pass this test, you get a chocolate cookie. From a strange man on the subway. A man without pants.

live a death, die a death

The most disagreeable thing that your worst enemy says to your face does not approach what your best friends say behind your back.

We kids feared many things in those days - werewolves, dentists, North Koreans, Sunday School - but they all paled in comparison with Brussels sprouts.

There's always more to see.

I think women who don't understand boundaries are fascinating.

I enjoyed the discipline and solitariness of long-distance running, which allowed me to escape from the hurly-burly of school life.

I don't believe in being mean to anyone. I'm a really peaceful person. That's something I get from my family.

I want only dead actors. That way there'll be no jealousy.

Let Time and Chance combine, combine! Let Time and Chance combine! The fairest love from heaven above, That love of yours was mine, My Dear! That love of yours was mine.