“And so it has taken me all of sixty years to understand that water is the finest drink, and bread the most delicious food. and that art is worthless unless it plants a measure of splendor in people's hearts.”

“art is worthlessunless it plantsa measure of splendor in people's hearts”

“I live 30 times faster and more intensely than most people, so every year is a whole generation for me. I’d like my combo meal with a side of long white beard, and I’d like it to go. Now, damnit! Fast food simply isn’t fast enough for me. I’m so quick that I need a refill on my drink, and I haven’t even taken a sip.”

“There is no way that you can know the taste of water unless you drink it or unless it has rained on you or unless you jump in the river.”

“The blood of my motherland waters a magic plant that cures all ills. That plant is art, and sometimes art needs corruption as a kind of fertilizer”

“Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.”