We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.
Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is.
Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.
If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.
Luck is believing you're lucky.
The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.
