People only see as far as they are able and the rest of the truth is lost on them.

If you can understand human behavior, it can’t hurt you nearly as much.

It's fine to be insane as long as you keep it to yourself.

You're in my personal space, so get out of it.

People will do and think whatever it is they have to in order to survive.

My belief in ghosts swings with the wind. But my belief that the cemetery felt happy and not sad-I've never changed my mind about that.

You can never see a plant grow, but they do.

People love to see you get ahead — so long as you don't get farther ahead than they are.

You're supposed to be kind to everyone, because you never know when you're meeting an angel.

Things don't have to be sane when they're normal.

If people knew who the angels were, they would be very nice when they saw one and would still do their same evil garbage when they thought none were around. Knowing who they are defeats the purpose.

Watch what you ask for you just might get it.

Writing, photography...art. It's all about what's in focus.

A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public are to him non-existent

One of the peculiar children's perspective out of time allows him to take minute interest in every resident of the town and to chronicle everything we did for the entire day he lives over and over.

The more complicated and restricted the method, the less opportunity for expression of one's original sense of freedom.

The patience is in the living. Time opens out to you.

When I first was conducting as guest conductor in Europe 25 years ago, I would propose doing American pieces and grudgingly it would be accepted from time to time.

It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.

It should not be a child's only goal to become the best player in the world. That would be a bad, a harmful attitude.

I do some eccentric dancing.