“The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting.”
“I feel more alive when I'm writing than I do at any other time--except maybe when I'm making love.”
“When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.”
“Yes, I'm alive," Mat said. "I'm usually pretty good at staying alive. I've only failed one time that I can remember, and it hardly counts.”
“That's when I feel most alive, he told me once on an airplane, when I'm helping people.”
“The only thing that will ever be real, is this moment,' I turned to the statue, 'when you made me feel alive, when you made me feel real, when I felt like you really love me. Now? I'm just your monster, Frankie. I will always be a monster.”