Never throw up on an editor.

Men would like monogamy better if it sounded less like monotony.

My purpose in performing is to communicate the joy I experience in living.

Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset.

The eyes of this dead lady speak to me For here was love, was not to be drowned out. And here desire, not to be kissed away. The eyes of this dead lady speak to me.

The Zen master can see precisely what it will take to cause your awareness to become free. But the Zen master can't do it for you.

The coming of the wireless era will make war impossible, because it will make war ridiculous.

The art of living is to enjoy what we can see and not complain about what remains in the dark.

I'm a firm believer that there are no rules in art. Every trajectory is different.

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic.

The function of music is to liberate in the soul those feelings which normally we keep locked up in the heart.