Art is not an escape from reality, but a deeper engagement with it.
The challenge is to transform the constraints into opportunities.
"I think the best way to get respect is to earn it."
You could be the most beautiful person in the world and everybody sees light and rainbows when they look at you, but if you yourself don't know it, all of that doesn't even matter.
Every stroke carries the weight of emotion, every color sings a silent song.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
The first sentence of every novel should be: "Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human."