Nicholas M. Butler

Necessity does the work of courage.

An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.

Many peoples' tombstones should read 'Died at 30, burried at 60.'

Most of my work has no conventional narrative, so it's not essential to have a beginning and an end - your attention can flow in and out of the experience rather than having a set entry point.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.