These days people wallow in enormous masses of sound.

If music leaves any impression at all, it does so without regard to stylistic issues.

I really believe in melody.

I feel that all good art is powerful and simple.

Loki's green eyes flashed with anger and with admiration, for he loved a good trick as much as he hated being fooled.

Language fits over experience like a straight-jacket.

If criticism is needed, do it tactfully. Don't use a sledgehammer when a fly swatter will do the job.

Law reforms in the US, ostensibly enacted to prohibit racism, have proven ineffective because they focus on bad intentions of individuals and fail to comprehend population-level conditions.

Unjust use of force, strength, and brutality. Those are the forces that make me feel vulnerable.

Extreme exercise doesn’t save you from poor food choices. It can be difficult to exercise and erase away that chocolate cake or pizza pie. It doesn’t work that way.

Perpetual aiming at wit is a very bad part of conversation. It is done to support a character: it generally fails; it is a sort of insult on the company, and a restraint upon the speaker.

Dreadful sorry mistress. Ma always said I was too silly to die

It's easier to shape a child than to repair an adult.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.