Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.

…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky

He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

Dead men tell no tales.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

Fortune befriends the bold.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

But borrowing strength builds weakness.

If you don’t write your memoirs down then time will swallow them up, leaving no leftovers.

Gardening is, apart from having children, the most rewarding thing in life

Even when you're making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess it's part of my dramatic viewpoint. I'm not sure why exactly.

All things, and man as well, should be like nature, without measure.

Avoid methodology. If what you're doing is about technique, that's not art.

Everything changes in every genre, whether it's pop, rock or country.

Each and every being has an innate ability to heal as a gift from the gods.

If I fail, I try again, and again, and again

Well my dad was a pretty good player at one stage and my two older brothers played golf as well. So there were always golf clubs flying around the house.