People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

I am not afraid of anything in the world. But I'm afraid of myself, afraid of what I will be in the future.

The Olympics: not one of my better memories.

Fear is a better friend than you, who feel nothing, beneath the weight of my pain.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

I can't fax you my love, I can't email my heart.

No matter how bad you think something is, when you look into it, it's always worse.

A smart girl leaves before she is left.

Childhood bullying was a big part of my life.

My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'

Pessimism is a form of mental dipsomania; it disdains healthy nourishment, indulges in the strong drink of denunciation, and creates an artificial dejection which thirsts for a stronger draught.