My spirit life is also the medium in which I live. It's not something that comes and goes. Without one the other wouldn't exist.

The element of obsession is terribly important for an artist.

An artist without obsession isn't worth a damn!

Be careful how you choose your enemy, for you will come to resemble him. The moment you adapt your enemy's methods your enemy has won. The rest is suffering and historical opera.

Courage can't make you an artist, but without that courage, you won't remain one for long. First is the courage to be alone in the room where you create, and the courage to face that indefinitely, with no one to say if you are any good or not. Then, there is the courage to follow your work wherever it's going to take you. And the courage to fight for your work.

I never get my creativity flowing. I'm a pro, this is how I earn my living. If it don't flow, I don't eat.

Good is not the opposite of evil, joy is the opposite of evil.