“Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow…Seriously! I mean starting right now, do art and do it for the rest of your lives.” — Kurt Vonnegut

“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.” — Janis Joplin

“It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.” — Noël Coward

“I’m not arguing. I am simply explaining why I’m right.” — Unknown