I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

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

If I were reincarnated, I’d want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything.

The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in a brothel. In my opinion it’s the perfect milieu for an artist to work in.

People need trouble -- a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.

The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.

When my horse is running good, I don't stop to give him sugar.

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews.

A gentleman can live through anything.

The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.