To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors.

Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.

I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.

Story writers say that love is concerned only with young people, and the excitement and glamour of romance end at the altar. How blind they are. The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.

Art's a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food.