I know what "nothing" means, and keep on playing.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

Discipline creates ways for the lovers of it.

Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.

I am a very basic person. I still believe marriage happens only once, and you have to sustain it.

Somethin' like four thousand bottles have been thrown at me in my day but only about twenty ever hit me. That does not speak very well for the accuracy of the fans' throwing.

They were each like a mirror for the other, reflecting the changes in themselves.

The studios have been taken over by marketing people and accountants.

When I'm onstage I just want to feel as comfortable as I possibly can.

Empathy involves the inner experience of sharing in and comprehending the momentary psychological state of another person.

When times are bad, people like to lose themselves in the sheer glamour of another period: beautiful wardrobes, magnificent meals served in elegant settings.

The very air had screams smeared on it. He flinched from the noise in this silent room.