“When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.”
“I only write when I'm angry or sad, so because that's when I just have to write... If I'm having a good time and I'm happy and things are going really well, why would I want to stop what I'm doing to go and write at the piano?”
“I feel more alive when I'm writing than I do at any other time--except maybe when I'm making love.”
“ "I'm alive. You're alive. I gotta work to live so I do that and I'll have to do that for a long lime. But when I'm not workin', I'm livin'. So let's ride."”
“The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting.”
“When I'm writing I can write anywhere; when I'm not writing I can't write anywhere.”