Jack Kerouac did what he most wanted to do. He wrote great prose. He became the writer he wanted to be.

Legend adheres to artists whose deaths seem the corollaries of their works.

If time were like a passage of music, you could keep going back to it until you got it right.

Jack Kerouac did what he most wanted to do. He wrote great prose. He became the writer he wanted to be.

I think art, the discipline of creating, really does require tremendous solitude. But the whole creative process can seal your life to such an extent that while you're creating, you feel very self-sufficient. I've certainly experienced that.

If you want to do creative work, there are tremendous sacrifices involved, and tremendous financial sacrifices too. It requires dedication and solitude.

media saturation is probably very destructive to art. New movements get overexposed and exhausted before they have a chance to grow, and they turn to ashes in a short time. Some degree of time and obscurity is often very necessary to artists.