First rule of cleavage: it's not how low you go, but where and when you show.

What goes up must come down.

Impossible is only two letters away from being Possible.

On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken.

It is so comical to hear oneself called old even at ninety I suppose!

Music is human vibration. It makes humans vibrate and takes them someplace else.

A living body is not a fixed thing, but a flowing event, like a flame or a whirlpool.

A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit.

It's hard for me, a Jew, to stay in the moment. Without the past, where is the guilt? And without the future, where is the dread? And without guilt and dread, who am I?

I actually studied Indian classical vocal music.

I think we hear a lot of talk about college, and we don't hear about early education.