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

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.

Sacrificing everything for one's craft is something some people can't help. They can't help themselves. They must do it. They're driven to do it.

A lot of artists don't survive, do they? You work very hard and finally you get what you want and it destroys you.

I believe in the curative powers of love as the English believe in tea or Catholics believe in the Miracle of Lourdes.

We derive a lot of the reality of ourselves through interactions with others.

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