To do great work one must be very idle as well as very industrious.

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.

Flirting with random women in a tavern? That sounds like Helios. Well, it sounds like most of the gods, actually.

Hero' is not an official status or designation, but if the world recognize you as a hero, it is the highest honor you will ever receive.

Both of them loved the earth and the things that grew in it.

He held her as though she was a gift. Given to him in love. Something still and small. Unbearably precious.

I like to give clues - titles - that can give a simple, evocative hook into what picture or feeling welled up in my mind when I came up with the song.

I make more money with Don King stealing from me than 100 percent from other promoters.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

Confidence is a belief in myself and my ability. I built my confidence through hard training. I believed there was no one out there working any harder than me.

Often, city fathers blamed prostitutes for the disease, and some threatened to brand their cheeks with hot iron if they did not desist from their vices.

I made things a lot harder than they needed to be out of fear and anxiety.