“You'll never understand the way the worlds really work until you surround yourself with people from all sorts of weird backgrounds.”

“You'll never get to a person's soul until you understand their hurts.”

“Until you deal with your real personal issues, you'll never be able to control yourself.”

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”

“people will tell you were they have gone, they'll tell you where to go, but until you get there for yourself you never really know.”

“The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.”

“Originality is the most deadly mirage in all of art. You can chase it from now until doomsday, and you'll only find yourself lost and dying of thirst.”

“Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves.”

“Never play to the gallery... Never work for other people in what you do. Always remember that the reason that you initially started working was that there was something inside yourself that you felt that if you could manifest in some way, you would understand more about yourself and how you co-exist with the rest of society... I think it's terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfil other people's expectations.”

“If you write for yourself, you'll reach all the people you want to write for.”