Love doesn't just go away when it becomes inconvenient.

And now he smiled at me. All teeth. The way only people who hadn’t learned self-consciousnessknew how to smile.

The future is terrifying because it's full of stuff, not because it's empty.

It's not what you do, it's what it means.

There’s risk inherent in most things that matter.

No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.

She's called the secretary, but as far as I can tell she basically runs the school.

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands.

The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.

Never to be cast away are the gifts of the gods, magnificent, which they give of their own will, no man could have them for wanting them.

I am always looking up towards the sky; that is how I am.

My paintings don't simply represent what I see; they present viewers with what I want them to see.

We recognize ourselves in Westerns, ... I believe the Western can orchestrate moments around reality. The reality can be as entertaining to us as the lie.

Where there is a woman there is magic.

When life hands you lemons make lemonade. Then find someone who's life gave them Tequila and have a party.