Last night at Carnegie Hall, Jack Benny played Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn lost.

Anybody who gets away with something will come back to get away with a little bit more.

When Callas carried a grudge, she planted it, nursed it, fostered it, watered it and watched it grow to sequoia size.

By and large, musicians respect New York audiences, and also are greatly concerned about New York reviews.

We're reaching for death on the end of a candle We're trying for something that's already found us

There is at Christmas time a great deal of hypocrisy, honourable hypocrisy, hypocrisy undertaken pour le bon motif, c'est entendu, but nevertheless hypocrisy!

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.

You cannot make a miracle like love happen.

Domenech is the worst coach France have had since Louis XVI.

Love fundamentally is the most powerful ecstasy of consciousness, and even if a person goes blind, there is no question when you are in love.

As long as I'm giving a little hype, I can't resist saying that Elie [Wiesel] has also written a number of pieces for Bible Review, for which I serve as editor.

When I say 'friends,' I use that term loosely, as I don't actually have any.

People are very protective of their cell phones, how it's used, where it's used and how much it costs. It has become a very personal issue for a whole lot of people in this country.

If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.