The journey is the treasure.

My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.

How easy it is to think well of ourselves. Until the moment is upon us, we can never be certain.

I loved all the world's mythologies.

Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it's one of many ways to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships.

At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief...but hope

The art is more important than the artist. The work is more important than the person who does it. You must be prepared to sacrifice all the you could possibly have, be, or do; you must be willing to go all the way for your art. If it is a question between choosing between your life and a work of art -- any work of art -- your decision is made for you.