If Death stepped miraculously through the glass and came in after you, in all probability you just got up and went along with him, ferociously but quietly.

If you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.

Happiness is a solid and joy is a liquid.

If there's one thing I hate, it's the movies. Don't even mention them to me.

If you're going to say the Jesus Prayer, at least say it to Jesus, and not to St. Francis and Seymour and Heidi's grandfather all wrapped up in one.

She was there, and she was the whole city, and that’s that.

I suspect that money is a far greater distraction for the artist than hunger.