Rilke via Lady Gaga: You would die if you were forbidden to write

In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself: "Must I write?"

--Quotation by Rainer Maria Rilke, tattooed on Lady Gaga's arm. From article by Caitlin Moran in the London Times online.