It was important that I learn that what I wanted was no different from what other artists wanted: confidence that I could be my own censor, audience, and competition.

In the end, I feel that one has to have a bit of neurosis to go on being an artist. A balanced human seldom produces art. It's that imbalance which impels us... The artist lives with anxiety.

I realized... that the artist is always alone. Early in life I had thought I needed other people to confirm or approve what I was doing.

I don't believe that you can put content into art. The content is in yourself.

I go to my studio every day. Some days work comes easily. Other days nothing happens. Yet on the good days the inspiration is only an accumulation of all the other days, the nonproductive ones.

Because you are the superhero fledgling. I’m just your more attractive sidekick. Oh, and the herd of nerds are your dorky minions.

Do not allow the opinions of others deter you. Be yourself and have faith in your abilities.

Dine on little and sup on less.

Education is a right, it's a journey, it's a process, and it's something we have to stand for, as hard as it is.

The quality of news coverage has diminished, because giants of the print media are no longer being nurtured properly.

Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.

We know that we can do it, but cannot describe in so many words how we do it, nor can we reduce it to a set of rules. At most, the observable facts of the indexing operation can be described.

Most scientists know what needs to be done to save our Earth. But the politicians don't listen to them. They will listen to popular pressure; the people got to supply that.

Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.

The Prayer of the sick person is his patience and his acceptance of his sickness for the love of Jesus Christ. Make sickness itself a prayer, for there is none more powerful, save martyrdom!