In art as in politics we must deal with people as they are not as we wish them to be. Only by working with the real can you get closer to the ideal.
Some people live life and others talk about it.
Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.
The price of dishonesty is self-destruction.
Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond.
Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.