The most important tool an artist has is curiosity.
The most valuable resource in agriculture isn’t land or machinery—it’s people.
A novel is a conversation between the writer and the reader, across time.
If your tanning process wouldn't withstand a documentary film crew, it's time to rethink your methods.
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. Medicine, law, business, engineering: these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love...these are what we stay alive for.