I hate the word practice. Practice breeds inurement. Instead of discovering, of distinguishing traits that are deeply hidden or merely veiled, one ends seeing nothing anymore. One ceases to be aware.

I never practice; I always play.

You play Bach your way, and I’ll play him his way.

The power and magic of music lie in its intangibility and its limitlessness. It suggests images, but leaves us free to choose them and to accommodate them to our pleasure.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, precisely, the conjunction of learning and inspiration. Oh, the passion for research and the joy of discovery!

The task of a teacher is not to work for the pupil nor to oblige him to work, but to show him how to work.

Friendship is more important than truth.

I believe that this is the time to become warriors for peace and dialogue, not warmongers or mere worriers.

Getting married early is like wrestling with calculus on a merry trip to Las Vegas!

Women are the glue that holds our day-to-day world together.

Hollywood's racist. Hollywood is sorority racist. It's like - we like you, Rhonda, but you're not a Kappa.

In the world of art, as in the whole of creation, freedom and progress are the main objectives.

Everybody in the world knew I was before I knew who I was.

All the past up to a moment ago is your legacy. You have a right to it.

Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry.

Prove to me that you're no fool Walk across my swimming pool.

Live how we can, yet die we must.