The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.

A dream is not a very safe thing to be near... I know; I had one once. It's like a loaded pistol with a hair trigger: if it stays alive long enough, somebody is going to be hurt. But if it's a good dream, it's worth it.

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.

Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but that's the only way you can do anything really good.

Memory believes before knowing remembers. [Light in August]