Here was one place where I could find out who I was and what I was going to become. And that was the public library.

I always have a sense of trembling, but so does a compass, after all.

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass. The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke. This requires a moment of pause–a contract with yourself through the object you look...

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

There’s a place beyond words where experience first occurs to which I always want to return. I suspect that whenever I articulate my thoughts or translate my impulses into words, I am betraying the real...

The recent Dictionary of Occupational Titles lists over twenty thousand specialized professions in America; being a millionaire is not one of them.

Lovers are not snails; they don’t have to protrude from their shells and meet each other halfway. Meet me within your own self.

Had it been possible for me to fix the plane permanently in the sky, to defy the winds and clouds and all the forces pushing it upward and pulling it earthward, I would have willingly...