Real meaningful endeavours, the biggies in human existence, often require the sacrifice of others.

If you were in a burning house and there was a cat and a Rembrandt, what would you save? The cat...you would save the cat, because the cat is alive. The art is dead. It's just paint on a canvas, ink on a page. To live for art is to deny life. It's just to destroy life.

Marriage. It's like a cultural hand-rail. It links folks to the past and guides them to the future.