Writers want to summarize: What does this mean? What did we learn from this? That's a very 19th-century way of thinking about art, because it assumes that it should make our lives better or teach us something.

I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.

The main thing that attracts me to Buddhism is probably what attracts every artist to being an artist - that it's a godlike thing. You are the ultimate authority. There is no other ultimate authority.

It's the tradition of American writers getting away in order to see the country - to get a better view.

Paradise Is exactly like Where you are right now Only much much Better.

Life goes by so fast. It's really - and a lot of times things happen so fast you don't know - how should I react.

People are really suffering these days. There's a lot of corporate triumph and a lot of personal despair as they wonder what are they working for.