"What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough."

"There are certain sounds that I've found work well in nearly any context. Their function is not so much musical as spatial: they define the edges of the territory of the music."

"I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it."

"Like most sensible people, you probably lost interest in modern art about the time that Julian Schnabel was painting broken pieces of the crockery that his wife had thrown at him for painting broken pieces of crockery instead of painting the bathroom and hall."

"Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future."