I understood why she did it. At that moment I knew why people tagged graffiti on the walls of neat little houses and scratched the paint on new cars and beat up well-tended children. It was only natural to want to destroy something you could never have.

I've been depressed many times in my life. But under it all I'm an optimist.

Remember...we don't see objects, we see light. [...] Light can do anything water can do--flow, wash, trickle. It can do anything an artist can do--paint, burnish, carve. Candlelight falls, licks a face. There is always light in a room.

They say drugs are not the answer, but really, what is the question?

I decided that if I was never going to sell anything as long as I lived, I might as well do what I want to do 'cause then at least I would've done what I wanted to do in life. What's that worth?

Don't turn over the rocks if you don't want to see the pale creatures who live under them.

A cliche is like a coin that has been handled too much. Once language has been overly handled, it no longer leaves a clear imprint.