“Phones are distracting. The internet is distracting.The way he looked at you? He wasn't distracted. He was consumed.”

“We straighten , bu our snickering is barely contained as we attempt to focus our attention on a picture of a discarded Coke can. "This guy's lady love is kind of a slob, don't you think?" he whispe...”

“St. Clair clears his throat. 'My fiance and I are headed out for a celebratory dessert. I'd ask you all to join us, but I don't want you there.”

“We cant stop smiling at each other. I cant believe that adults get to do this every day. And I dont even mean sex, though its wonderful, but things like this. Brushing our teeth at the same sink. D...”

“Im beginning to think that maybe its okay to be a blank canvas. Maybe its okay that my future is unknown. And maybe, I say with another smile, its okay to be inspired by the people who do know thei...”

“It gets worse. Josh tell her that he loves her. She says it back. He touches her. She touches him back. And then they're losing their virginity on the floor of her bedroom beside her pet rabbit, Is...”

“To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.”

“art is risk made visible”

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”

“The sky is a canvas, so paint your own life.”

“She can paint a lovely picture, but this story has a twist. her paintbrush is a razor, and her canvas is her wrist.”

“For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.”

“Any man's a fool who lets himself be a wage-earning slave, today.”

“If love is like a possession, maybe my letter are like my exorcisms”

“I had fallen too far. I was in love with Rush Finlay.”