598 quotes found
“Words can't save you, but they can give you courage.”
“All laughter is subversive, even the laughter of children.”
“Mutual helplessness is the essential relation between parent and child.”
“All children are born rebels and explorers until they're taught to sit still and obey.”
“The only valid rule for a work of art is that it be true to itself.”
“Art is a picture of the spirit.”
“Art should be pretentious. The place to be sincere is in one's relationships.”
“Art is the product of an imperfect world. In an ideal world, art would not exist.”
“Art is the product of an imperfect world. In a perfect world, art would not exist.”
“No art is harder to master than believing in yourself.”
“Children remind us that we're all children.”
“Fiction: a game of pretend.”
“Novelists are basically inviting their readers to play a game of pretend. That's what fiction is: a game of pretend.”
“A blackbird doesn't change its tune to suit the times.”
“A blank canvas is a playground for the imagination.”
“On the blank page all things are possible.”
“Beautiful untrue things are even more beautiful when they're true.”
“All the great novels are about obsession and people who are obsessed.”
“A story has to break your heart or it's not worth telling.”
“The profoundest thing writing teaches us is how much we contradict ourselves.”
