In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way.

All artists dream of a silence which they must enter, as some creatures return to the sea to spawn.

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

Hegel says that Truth is a great word and the thing is greater still. With Dave we never seemed to get past the word.

Daytime sleep is a cursed slumber from which one wakes in despair.

The most potent and sacred command which can be laid upon any artist is the command: wait.

One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.