Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the death of his father is a new lease of life.

Those of little understanding say the world will soon end. It is the current age that is coming to an end. The end of this age is the beginning of the next.

I've been working on my craft for a long time. People never want to let go of the whole 'Glitter, '... I'm like, 'It's eight years later, people. Let's move on.

The fun thing about insanity is that it is often so very hard to tell it apart from brilliance.

The media is the right arm of anarchy.

If a girl is smiling and is bringing positive energy and she's happy, that's what I notice right away - and her teeth.

I know of a brewer who sells more of his beer to the people who never see his advertising than to the people who see it every week. Bad advertising can unsell a product.

I love to hear my Lord spoken of, and wherever I have seen the print of His shoe in the earth, there have I coveted to put mine also.

I am not a woman staying at home.

I love putting things together. I love putting together a team and making stuff with people. It's great, that's what's cool about movies it's such a collaborative effort.

I stood in this unsheltered place, 'til I could see the face behind the face.