The need to create a citadel in which to hide from the world is characteristic of people with a schizoid disposition

But when she finally got the wings to fly she realized she had nowhere else to go to...

History is something that never happened written by a man who wasn't there.

That which we remember of our conduct is ignored by our closest neighbour but that which we have forgotten having said or even what we never said will cause laughter even into the next world.

May gratitude to God permeate my entire life.

In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me

My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.

There's nothing final about a mistake, except its being taken as final.

I know for a fact that I am not as fulfilled, happy or passionate about life if I have not spent time helping others.

I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.

Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.