Irving Stone

There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.

Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

It's so easy to love. The only hard thing is to be loved.

How difficult it is to be simple.

Normal people do not create art.

To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors.

There's no love without pain.

Art is amoral; so is life. For me there are no obscene pictures or books; there are only poorly conceived and poorly executed ones.

Loneliness is a kind of prison.

You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry.