Unless your work gives you trouble, it is no good.

Everything you can imagine is real.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

Feet, what do I need them forIf I have wings to fly.

The laws of gravity cannot be held responcible for people falling in love.

When someone tells you a piece of their life, they’re giving you a gift, not granting you your due.

I hate feeling full, so Christmas is about the only time I really stuff myself.

I know I have great inner strength; I always have. I can blank things out, cut people out, and I know that I can go and live in a cave on my own if necessary.

I’m not going to start churning out what you expect. If you want me to be a manufactured act, you can f*** off.

Intelligent design is consistent with any faith system I can think of, because most faith systems believe that there is a creator.

It is so much easier to covet what one hasn't than to revel in what one has. Also, it is so much easier to be enthusiastic about what exists than about what doesn't.

In 1962, war was avoided by Khrushchev's willingness to accept Kennedy's hegemonic demands.

Don’t try to write a novel. Write short stories and then figure out how to connect them.