It hurts when you lose a friend to death, it hurts even more when you lose a friend still living.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

Stress is just for those who have not yet tried and trusted in God. -178

If you have enemies, good that means you stood up for something.

I've told the same story twelve different ways, but I think that's just part of what writers do. Once may not be enough.

I believe very strongly in paid sick leave.

The intensity of being in front of all these incredible musicians and tremendous conductors in these elaborate halls can be overwhelming.

I keep my good health by having a very bad temper, kept under good control.

I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing.

The solemnity of the annual Nobel ceremonies in Stockholm with the cheerful bad taste of the grand opening of a shopping center in Los Angeles.

Luxury has been railed at for two thousand years, in verse and in prose, and it has always been loved.