The stars have their own language, you know. If you're careful, you can learn it.

I walked to the bookcase and examined the storybooks inside. As a girl, I had dreamed of having stacks of books at my disposal--stories to get lost in, other worlds to live in when mine was so bleak.

Madness is only an amplification of what you already are.

Though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains and have not charity I am nothing.

How art thou fallen from heaven O Lucifer son of the morning!

I really love how Israel operates, and I love the Jewish people.

You have to get through the rain if you're ever going to see a rainbow.

No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.

Art in the United States is a kind of visual entertainment focusing on expected narratives.

Death is the advertisement, at the end of an autobiography, wherein people discover its virtues.

The library is a place where most of the things I came to value as an adult had their beginnings.

I want to thank anyone who spends part of their day creating...anybody who spends part of their day sharing their experience with us-I think this world would be unlivable without art and I thank you.