"I don't think my work is so much about opening up wounds. I think it's about understanding the nature of the wound. I'm not bleeding on the canvas. I, like most people, have suffered traumatic events. The character of a person's life is determined by the way they deal with those events. I am a creative person and I deal with it creatively."

-- Eric Fischl

#Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Opening Up Quotes

“New York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I've always had dear friends here - family, actually, I would say.”
“Failure has a thousand explanations. Success doesn't need one.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.”
“I was dreaming I was on the Sullivan Show.”
“You have to transfer your success on the track to your education, because you don't want to waste what you did athletically once your athletic career is over.”
“I wasn't a smart kid and I still don't think I'm too smart when it comes to book smart, but I was very good with what I knew and with my craft and I think that was my calling in life. But even today I never went to college.”
“With enthusiasm anything is possible,”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I ain't as good as I once was, But I'm as good once as I ever was.”

Source : Song: I Ain't As Good As I Once Was, Album: Honkytonk University, 2005

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