Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language.

I hardly said a word to my wife until I said 'yes' to divorce.

To be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.

Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.

I've always had trouble with authority.

Most artists think they're frauds anyway.

I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.