Tom

“The real question is what to live for. And I can't answer it. Except another one of your records. And another chance for me to write. Art for art's sake, corny as that sounds.”
― Lester Bangs, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung

“No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”
― Carl Jung

“You need courage to find out what you really want in life, and what you want might be dangerous. But life is dangerous anyway, and there is a beauty in becoming more and more fully who you are, in paying attention to, as well as being pulled along by, your red thread.”
― John Tarrant, Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life

“It increasingly seems that life is something that happens to you and art the opportunity to understand what’s transpired. You need only to be brave.”
― David Milch, Life's Work: A Memoir