The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters.
If you would learn a thing, straightway declare yourself a professor of it!
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.
In art as in lovemaking, heartfelt ineptitude has its appeal and so does heartless skill, but what you want is passionate virtuosity.
The story of your life is not your life; it's your story.
Nothing is loathsomer than the self-loathing of a self one loathes.
Every artist joins a conversation that's been going on for generations, even millennia, before he or she joins the scene.
When I say 'God' it is poetry and not theology
More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store
I considered becoming a Christian. . . until I met one.
Set boundaries and keep them. People will drown you with their need, and demonize you for not filling their emptiness.