Most people are optimists, although they may claim they are not. People who call themselves realists are often the biggest optimists of all.

If I can't get the girl, at least give me more money.

Love For All, Hatred For None.

It's a relief now to be able to stand next to my godfather and finally feel like I've accomplished something in the game of baseball.

I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition.

He that distributeth not That which he hath received-- His food, his drink, his sustenance-- Unto devotee, brahman, beggar, wayfarer-- Such a low man as he, they say, is like Unto a lack of rain.

Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book.

If nature is your teacher, your soul will awaken.

We need to be in the open mode when we are pondering a problem, but, once we come up with a solution, we must then switch to the closed mode to implement it.

The actual producing, mixing, and mastering is hard work, harder than what I do.

You can't fake it. Bad writing is a gift.