In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

I never really wanted to be a singer - not with any longevity. But I always wanted to be a writer.

Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe, love is a banquet on which we feed.

Deep in my heart how the presence of you shines, in a light to last a whole life through.

I want to keep my life as unfettered as possible. So maybe I'll just pretend to get rare books from my catalogue, and not really get them.

Life isn't some vertical or horizontal line -- you have your own interior world, and it's not neat.

I learned from him that often contradiction is the clearest way to truth