I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me.

All a guy needed was a chance. Somebody was alway controlling who got a chance and who didn't.

Art is its own excuse, and it's either Art or it's something else. It's either a poem or a piece of cheese.

It was like the beginning of life and laughter. It was the real meaning of the sun

Don't fight your demons. Your demons are here to teach you lessons. Sit down with your demons and have a drink and a chat and learn their names and talk about the burns on their fingers and scratches on their ankles. Some of them are very nice.

I give you soul. I give you wisdom and light and music and a bit of laughter. Also, I am the world's greatest horseplayer.

But she projected vitality - you knew that she was there.