When the moon covers the sun, we have a solar eclipse. What do you call it when birds do that?

[We often] criticize the people on TV: 'He just can't act.' 'You call that singing?' ... We get jealous not because we're evil, but because we have little artists pent up inside us.

The magic question is, 'What for?' But art is not for anything. Art is the ultimate goal.

We are all born artists. ... Almost everything kids do is art.

A novel, basically, is writing one sentence — then, without violating the scope of the first one, writing the next sentence.

I always take a close look at those who lose themselves in self portraits. They are solitary souls, prone to introspection, who have really grappled with their existence.

Novels are food for the leftover hours of life, the in-between times, the moments of waiting.

And still everything’s the same, even though I did my best to get as far away as I could.

The artistic desire reveals itself in dark form - in karaoke bars [or] trolling on the Internet.

Dont be a fish; be a frog. Swim in the water and jump when you hit ground.

Sometimes fiction is more easily understood than true events. Reality is often pathetic.

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.

It is easier to forgive yourself of a thousand misdeeds than to forgive your enemy of one.

Of all the world's civilizations, America was the one that most needed losers.

Did you bring me a rat?""He has no time for rats, George.""No time for rats? That's just sad.

In resigning ourselves to our fate without a struggle, we are guilty of inhumanity.

Beautiful soup! Who cares for fish, game or any other dish? Who would not give all else for two pennyworth of beautiful soup?

The worst thing for a singer/songwriter is to run out of songs.

My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.

When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.

Love is like a child, That longs for everything it can come by