Art isn't a product. It's an experience
“Write,' she said, 'as if you'll never be read. That way you'll be sure to tell the truth.”
“If heaven is tolerant and writers are allowed (bunch of liars though they are), I wonder if they gather for coffee to ponder the prose they should have written instead.”
“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.”