We refuse to acknowledge something that is blatantly obvious because either we are closed or we don't know how to face it.

We come from long lines of people destined never to meet.

'True Blood' is amazing. I have to give a shout out to 'Melrose Place' because I do watch. I love 'Entourage.' One of my favorite shows back in the day was 'Friday Night Lights.'

Ignorance breeds fear; the more you learn about your subject, the less fear it holds for you.

I'm crazy about Dublin. If you went back 3,000 years in my ancestry you wouldn't find a drop of Irish blood in the veins, but I love the place.

My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it.

In a life properly lived, you're a river.

The unity of the bourgeoisie can be shaken only by the unity of the proletariat.

Fade into Bolivian, I guess.

Society has been able to create refuges of every sort, for since it preferred to take love-life as an amusement, it also had to give it an easy form, cheap, safe, and sure, as public amusements are.

A real artist may create his picture in a lonely desert... gods look over his shoulder; he creates in their company. What does he care whether or not anybody admires his picture?