It seems to me that what the artist sees is the simple and obvious that is invisible to everybody else.

It seems to me that what the artist sees is the simple and obvious that is invisible to everybody else.

I've always felt alienated. I realized that I've been terrified my entire life. So I can identify that fear which drives so many of the people that I write about.

But you cant shut everyone out. I mean you have to have someone to love. . .someone to hold on to. . . someone--

Life was not longer something to endure, but to live.

As Lao Tzu says, "The Tao that can be named is not the true Tao".

I'm always presenting myself with problems to solve as a writer.