“Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.”
“In the hierarchy, the artist faces outward. Meeting someone new he asks himself, What can this person do for me? How can this person advance my standing? In the hierarchy, the artist looks up and looks down. The one place he can’t look is that place he must: within.”
“A man is not measured by how much he can take and stand but by how fast he regains once fallen.”
“A person's last moments are an important thing. You can't choose how you're born but you can choose how you die.”
“That's how every good story must end. When a person stops understanding something, he's on the right track.”
“How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? ... that became for me more and more the real measure of value.”