The only obligation any artist can have is to himself. His work means nothing, otherwise. It has no meaning.

Life is difficult enough without Meryl Streep movies.

You don't run out on people; you run out on yourself.

Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me pegged, because of the way I am, the way I talk. And they're always wrong.

we don't belong to each other: he's an independent, and so am I.

Gasping for breath, the body still battling for life.

A boy has to peddle his book.