I have learned that all you give is all you get, so give it all you got.

Let me whisper it. Let me sigh it. Let me sing it, my dear or I will cry it.

It has always been Oscar Peterson. He is my Rachmaninoff.

There's a place in Paris where I'd like to work one day. It's called the Slow Club.

...to be able to enjoy the life you have spent, is to live it twice.

Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.

Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself.

Get out of your comfort zone. Wake up the sleeping giant in you.

The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune.

Only God knows how much I love you.

Write about the things that attract you. Choose your subjects the way you used to choose your toys: out of desire.

I'm trying to earn a living in the way that is most enjoyable to me. I love the world of literature, and I hope to support myself in it.

When you're in your own body, you don't feel great about yourself. I don't think of myself that way.