My loneliness was an important part of my own little universe, not some pathological disease that needs to be gotten [sic] rid of.

We read to know we are not alone.

because we all know that the books we’ve loved best are seldom the ones we esteem the most highly

People 'over-produce' pollution because they are not paying for the costs of dealing with it.

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian Businessman.

Of what use were it, pray, to get a little wood to burn, to warm your body this cold weather, if there were not a divine fire kindled at the same time to warm your spirit?

A star can win any game; a team can win every game.

During the winter when the weather is too poor to work outside, I do use drawings and photographs, but I change my work so it is not just a time and place study.

There is a simplicity that exists on the far side of complexity, and there is a communication of sentiment and attitude not to be discovered by careful exegesis of a text.

The search for a meaningful painting subject is a search for ourselves.

Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.