Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.

In my opinion it's a shame that there is so much work in the world.

Try to be better than yourself.

Every man has a different idea of what's beautiful, and it's best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree.

The artist is still a little like the old court jester. He's supposed to speak his vicious paradoxes with some sense in them, but he isn't part of whatever the fabric is that makes a nation.

I've got to feel the pencil and see the words at the end of the pencil.

Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.