Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that makes you want to read more

That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that makes you want to believe that there still exists a right and wrong, that decency will somehow triumph in the end

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from read more

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink read more

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.

Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.

Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.

Anyone who contributes to the defense fund
of pornographers is a mental moonbeam.

Anyone who contributes to the defense fund
of pornographers is a mental moonbeam.

The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.

The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.

I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.

I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.