There's no reason you shouldn't, as a writer, not be aware of the necessity to revise yourself constantly.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

In a weak moment, I have written a book.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

To each their own. One must live each day so that there are no regrets.

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.

Stories now, to suit a public taste, must be half epigram, half pleasant vice.

Some people try deliberately to exploit the colonial hangover for their own purpose, to serve an external force. To us, Communism is as bad as imperialism.

...Skyscraper National Park

Ideals are not something I can control. It's not logic that convinces me of something, it's what my heart says. My heart has a way of involving me in things, which can only be good for the music.

Record contracts are just like - I'm gonna say the word, slavery.