"It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature."

"Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue."

"Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

"We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art."

"Stillness is not emptiness; it is the presence of unencumbered clarity. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"People say, 'Just say who you're dating. Then people will stop being so ravenous about it.' It's like, No they won't! They'll ask for specifics."

"I find forgiveness to be really healthy."

"Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern."