I really hate pain. I'd pull my own soul out if it meant I could stop the pain.
Although no man is an island, you can make quite an effective raft out of six.
Many are willing to suffer for their art. Few are willing to learn to draw.
He who disagrees with me in private, call him a fool. He who disagrees with me in public, call him an ambulance.
If you only ever read one book in your life. . . I highly recommend you keep your mouth shut.
Like bees around honey. Why are bees so attracted to honey, since they make it? It can only be vanity.
The truly beautiful are often abused for apparent ugliness just as those with great vision often bump into things.
This nation was built by men who took risks-pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, businessmen who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action.
The trouble with men of sense is that they are so dreadfully in earnest all the while.
Viktor was swinging a leather duffle and wearing a black Adidas tracksuit and his favorite brown UGG slippers with a hole in the toe. "Worn and old, just like Viv," he'd say when Frankie made fun of them, and then his wife would swat him on the arm. But Frankie knew he was just joking, because Viveka was the type of woman you wished was in a magazine just so you could stare at her violet-colored eyes and shiny black hair without being called a stalker or a freak.
Directors are not worried about casting beautiful women, but they are not sure that they want to cast great-looking men. My looks have prevented people from seeing my work objectively.