Writing is nagging, fascinating, troublesome and exciting.
The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring.
To me the question is always this: if a ray of light came out of the sky and said, "Your next book will never be published - would you still write it?" If the answer is yes, the book is worth writing.
In fact, I think my life is always going to be difficult, because I am trying to do something... "original" is a big word. It's kind of pathetic, but I have to love what I'm doing.
You had better love the music... because sometimes the music doesn't love you.
I want to be able to write, that's my first love and I don't want to deviate from it even though I probably could have made a lot more money.
When a writer talks about his work, he's talking about a love affair.
I want to make music until I die.
I don't think art is a goal orientated business. I don't do things for the challenges, I only do them because I love them, I'm not really a goal orientated, achiever type of person.
No woman has the right to marry a man if she has to bend herself out of shape for him. She might wish to, but she could never be to him with all her passionate endeavor what the other woman could be to him without trying. Character will dominate over all and will come out at last.
