One lived in the impression that nobody could ever compete with the 'Nutcracker' or 'A Christmas Carol.'

A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.

Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.

Music is...a form of remembering, a return to the seasons of the heart long gone.

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do.

Melody is a form of remembrance. It must have a quality of inevitability in our ears.

Waiting and hoping are the whole of life, and as soon as a dream is realized it is destroyed.

I know of no better definition of love than the one given by Proust - Love is space and time measured by the heart.

Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out.

Love is born of faith, lives on hope, and dies of charity.

There is no denial that you have the right to dream as big as you can possibly desire, but you must also be willing and able to work as hard as your dream requires.

What was the appearance of God the Father? Like that of a man...God has the likeness of fingers and hands and a face.

I think editors are excellent marketers. They know their audience and produce copy to appeal to them - they just don't call it marketing.

Some things look better inside of the store.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

Does coaching work? Yes. Good coaches provide a truly important service. They tell you the truth when no one else will.

Every time I see niqabs, I feel very uncomfortable because it's the opposite of my idea of opened society.

An adult woman should not be so possessive of her own birthday that she begrudges her friends the chance to get married on the same day.

Narrative and characters have always interested me. I never tried to alienate an audience. Of course, gradually, I wanted a bigger and bigger space to draw people in, so it's very organic [growth].

I'm a brilliant filmographer. Is that a word?