If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

If proof were the standard of truth, fallacies would constitute the ultimate reality.

Principles are only tools in the hands of God; they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful.

When being interviewed by a woman for a job, never begin with listen up doll face.

Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.

Music has an intrinsic value that touches Americans - they love their music, and want more.

Losses of a kind of satisfaction that have no market equivalent don't show up in the calculations of economists.

If you have a lot of what people want and can't get, then you can supply the demand and shovel in the dough.

Some people are really drawn to technology and I liken them to artists.

Living in the limelight: the universal dream for those who wish to SEEM. Those who wish to BE, must put aside the alienation, get on with the fascination, the real relation, the underlying theme.

Russian directors, we are shooting the same streets. The same things. Tom Jacobson has a fresh eye and found very interesting and very cool locations and angles and characters.