The gospel of Jesus Christ is that penetrating light which shines through the darkness of our lives.
People unconsciously want to reveal their inner urges.
[We often] criticize the people on TV: 'He just can't act. ' 'You call that singing?'. . . We get jealous not because we're evil, but because we have little artists pent up inside us.
The magic question is, 'What for?' But art is not for anything. Art is the ultimate goal.
We are all born artists. . . . Almost everything kids do is art.
A novel, basically, is writing one sentence — then, without violating the scope of the first one, writing the next sentence.
Novels are food for the leftover hours of life, the in-between times, the moments of waiting.
I believe that marriage is between one man and one woman, the same as I've believed all my life.
You've got to lie to stay halfway interested in yourself.
I just started to understand my craft, what I wanted to do as an artist. It's just a growing process. Figuring out exactly what I wanted to do and obviously I toured a whole bunch. I did a lot of song writing for other people and then just settled back into my zone.
It's funny. Maria Elena and I, we are meant for each other and not meant for each other, it's a contradiction.