Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being.

Quote by John Updike

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Natural beauty is essentially temporary and sad; hence the impression of obscene mockery which artificial...

Natural beauty is essentially temporary and sad; hence the impression of obscene mockery which artificial...

The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it...

The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it...

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware...

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware...

What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.

What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.

For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what...

For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what...

We are most alive when we're in love.

We are most alive when we're in love.

A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have...

A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have...

We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one.

We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one.

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that...

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that...

Possession diminishes perception of value, immediately

Possession diminishes perception of value, immediately

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.

Sex is like money; only too much is enough.

Sex is like money; only too much is enough.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself...

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself...

The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents....

The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents....

In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.

In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them

The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary.

The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary.

I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the...

I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the...

A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.

A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.