I thought that if I were going into old age I would want to do what [Giuseppe] Verdi did, which is to write extraordinary things, and to really find myself.

Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do.

I have been doodling with ink and watercolor on paper all my life. It's my way of stirring up my imagination to see what I find hidden in my head. I call the results dream pictures, fantasy sketches, and even brain-sharpenin g exercises.

Venturing back further, learning is so slow. Accomplishment is so slow. Experiencing and evaluating your experience is so slow.

I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more.

there is no such thing as fantasy unrelated to reality

I wish you all good things. Live your life, live your life, live your life.