All I've ever wanted to do was create freedom.

I had no proof that I had the stuff to be an artist, though I hungered to be one.

Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book.

I started resenting how much art robs from life. I'd go to a party and I couldn't enjoy myself, even sexually. All I could think was how I was going to reinvent the experience into a piece of art.

Christianity made us think there's one heaven.

I could have a job as a teacher because I like talking in front of people.

People don't realize we have these built-in seven-league boots. The body can go anywhere. It is physically capable of sustaining almost any kind of abuse, or any dream.