Only when the clock stops does time come to life

Memory believes before knowing remembers. [Light in August]

It takes two people to make you, and one people to die. That's how the world is going to end.

Setting an example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing.

To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.

Wonder. Go on and wonder.

So the only environment the artist needs is whatever peace, whatever solitude, and whatever pleasure he can get at not too high a cost. All the wrong environment will do is run his blood pressure up; he will spend more time being frustrated or outraged. My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.