art itself shuns commonality: while the scientist may seek the phenomenon that repeats itself, the artist seeks the exception.

It has always been difficult for historians to fully grasp the intelligence of painters.

One of the most beneficial and valuable gifts we can give to ourselves in this life: is allowing ourselves to be surprised! It is okay if life surprises you. Its a good thing!

Fragments of energy sizzled against my skin where he touched me, like sparks that shoot from a sparkler you played with as a kid.

Always bet on the underdog. They've got ambition and nothing to lose.

Distaste sounds more emphatic when expressed as moral disapproval. With most of us the moral counterblast is nothing more than the angry rendering of a yawn.

[My mother] was the strength of our family, and I didn't realize that until I got a little bit older.

The world is not dialectical - it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis. This is also the principle of evil.

If I plug my estimates into the Magic Formula, and it comes out cheap, that's good.

People are generally badly advised when they're starting out in the creative field.

If you expect the worst from people, that's exactly what you'll get.

If there is God, I thought...Please some day let me make love to this girl while she wears that dress." "Oh..." "Tatiasha...isn't it nice to know there is a God?