She said she knew she was able to fly because when she came down she always had dust on her fingers from touching the light bulbs.

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.

She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.

One day a long time from now you'll cease to care anymore whom you please or what anybody has to say about you. That's when you'll finally produce the work you're capable of.

Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.

Beauty without a character is a waste.

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them

History shows: Whenever people try to pull you down, you will reach peaks of success. You just need the ability to ignore.

One Connection By A Spiritual WayIs To Be Emotional Connected :Petra Cecilia Maria HermansAugust 29, 2016AmenGod

Fame is an illusion. Things can be given to you quite easily, but they get ripped away so quickly as well.

Ain't no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.

I like having that juxtaposition where you can have a very triumphant sounding song and then throw in all this crazy imagery. That's part of the fun of writing, you know?

Knowledge is only potential power.

The great thing about fairy tales and folk tales is that there is no authentic text.

I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative. If you're a painter and someone stretches your canvas, it was collaborative on some level.