The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.

Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good.

Medicine is magical and magical is art, the boy in the bubble, and the baby with the baboon heart.

When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all.

It was easier than explaining DiMaggio's use as a metaphor.

A songwriter's supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time

The phrasing didn't work as well.