It is curious to be treated by the old-fashioned people as a criminal because my thoughts and ways are beyond them.

My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require.

The music is in the air. Take as much as you want.

I always said God was against art and I still believe it. Anything obscene or trivial is blessed in this world and has a reward - I ask for no reward - only to live & to hear my work.

I always said God was against art and I still believe it.

English music is white - it evades everything.

The Spirit of God is not something less than God, - it is God.

[Americans] have realized many things for which the rest of the world is still struggling...[yet] the civilization and the morals of the Americans fall far below their own principles.

Just know that as long as your family thinks you're amazing, then you really are amazing.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. Don't go through life, grow through life.

Mary Jo Putney is a gifted writer with an intuitive understanding of what makes romances work. I loved Silk and Shadows, couldn't put it down, and don't think readers will, either.

I used to buy everything at garage sales. It was hard to give up! I’d be like, ‘But this crazy sweater is amazing, and it only cost 25 cents!’

The end of life has its own nature, also worth our attention.

Exploring female rage on film doesn't frighten me - it might frighten a lot of people in my business, but, gosh, I know a lot about that, from personal experience and friends' experiences.

Decrements in attention and concentration, being able to learn more efficiently, that's just not as good. Also, there are motor vehicle accidents, workplace accidents, we see that a lot.

There are abundantly more English professors in the world than there are authors.

Don't mind the five or more million Germans. Stalin will see to them they will cease to exist.