Perhaps, Howard thought, the curtains and murals and pastel angels are a mercy, a dim reflection of things fit for the fragility of human beings.

Light changes, our eyes blink and see the world from the slightest difference of perspective and our place in it has changed.

Living beings have this in common

Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.

The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty.

No, I don't have to practice that grunt. You just do it. Once you're in character, you're in character. You don't sit there purposely thinking, Well, I'll grunt here, or I'll groan there.

However we may conceal our passions under the veil ... there is always some place where they peep out.

I can't complain, but sometimes I still do.

I had a really nice association with Richie DeRosa, a great musician, a great drummer and composer and arranger. And I had a number of classes with him.

For a small island [Great Britain], the place is remarkably diverse.