I want to see me to the end working, living for myself. Ripeness is all.

Kids never get pissed at their parents. Unheard of.

I hate [ebooks]. It's like making believe there's another kind of sex. There isn't another kind of sex. There isn't another kind of book! A book is a book is a book.

As an aspiring artist, you should strive for originality of vision. Have something to say and a fresh way of saying it. No story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it’s not the work of the imagination.

I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother.

You don't want to do something that's all terrifying.

When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.