The world belongs to those who read.

A book isn't worth reading if it's not worth discussing.

Last year we had so many people coming in and out they didn't bother to sew their names on the backs of the uniforms. They just put them there with Velcro.

For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not.

Design must be functional and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics, without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.

I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him.

Mistreating your drum set is just one step below child abuse

Don't ask me when I first mastered the obvious.

I do so much travelling in my work that my suitcase is always packed, with my passport ready. I rarely unpack, as I am constantly on the move.

There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to.

I find any great man, black or white, I'm going to study him, learn him so he can't be great to me no more.

"You're a bitter man," said Candide. "That's because I've lived," said Martin.