That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.

The quality of your life depends quite a bit on the quality of attention you project out onto the world.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

You will never get any more out of life than you expect.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

Art is about finding creativity in the gutter next to you.

Success is the process itself.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.