In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

There are other reasons --There are other reasons why it's perhaps harder now to feel calm than ever before. One of these, and it's paradoxical, because it's linked to something that's rather nice, is the hope we all have for our careers. Never before have expectations been so high about what human beings can achieve with their life span.

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.