He was making music - Howells, Finzi, Holst - so you could see the sounds in the serried air.Serried. Then just as suddenly empty when his sound-proof right hand closed off the notes.

The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.

Great writers arrive among us like new diseases - threatening, powerful, impatient for patients to pick up their virus, irresistible.

I used to carry a copy of Ulysses with me everywhere just in case I was knocked down by a bus. It seemed more important than having clean underwear.

Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings And some are treasured for their markings - They cause the eyes to melt Or the body to shriek without pain.

The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple — to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.

No one is exempt and everyone's pain has a different smell. At night, when all the colours die, they hide in pairsand read about themselves—in colour, with their eyelids shut.

In his autobiography Stravinsky relates that the first music he remembers was made by a peasant, working his hand in his armpit to produce a rhytmic farting.

Even the most ordinary things can be made extraordinary simply by doing it with the right people.

The master of thinking is like a master of sword! He can easily win any fight with a high art and a great elegance!

Take the job or the project that scares you a little. It's the one with the most to teach you.

My vision had always been that I was gonna be a stage actor and that was it.

We don't want any candy stripes on our uniforms. These are work clothes.

Donald Trump is talking about running for president. He hasn't made an announcement, but I want to tell you something. The fake suspense is killing me.

I think a lot of women wouldn't want to stay in a place where they're being harassed.

All of the common core standards stuff about critical reading and critical thinking and so on can only be positive.

Armies, though always the supporters and tools of absolute power for the time being, are always the destroyers of it too; by frequently changing the hands in which they think proper to lodge it.

You can find the way by yourself naturally, you just need a guide to tell you to be careful, to not do this to impress people, just follow your instincts.