The public do not know enough to be experts yet know enough to decide between them.

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.

Even amongst fierce flames/ The golden lotus can be planted.

Friends can be the best co-conspirators in charting the unknown.

If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.

There are no defining moments. There are only your moments to define.

I would fix other people's lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it, getting the story and structuring it. Not the tweaking of lines.

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Strength is a matter of a made up mind.

The only gossip I'm interested in is things from the Weekly World News - 'Woman's bra bursts, 11 injured'. That kind of thing.

As I forgive, I set myself free and experience the bliss of inner peace.

I definitely have my days where I look like I got dressed in the dark.