The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred; what is new, that is different, is evil, dangerous, or subversive.
Henry MillerWe're creators by permission, by grace as it were. No one creates alone, of and by himself. An artist is an instrument that registers something already existent, something which belongs to the whole world, and which, if he is an artist, he is compelled to give back to the world.
Henry MillerThe full and joyful acceptance of the worst in oneself may be the only sure way of transforming it.
Henry MillerThere are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.
Henry Miller