It is fascinating to me that when the lists of the great writers are trotted out year after year, you often find lists without a single woman mentioned.

In effect, painting is the still memory of [the artist's] human motion, and our individual responses to it depend on who we are, on our character, which underlines the simple truth that no person leaves himself behind in order to look at a painting.

We read each other through our eyes, and anatomically they are an extension of our brains. When we catch someone's eye, we look into a mind.

Demonstration of mastery gives a feeling of power and that feeling of power is a good feeling.

Crippled and crazy, we hobble toward the finish line, pen in hand.

Dreams are stories made by and for the dreamer, and each dreamer has his own folds to open and knots to untie.

I think that it's important for people to read philosophy and literature is not because I think everyone should be a well-rounded human being, but because it will help you think better about what you are doing.