Whatever I thought right, to others seemed wrong; what I held to be bad, others approved of.

Music is the inarticulate speech of the heart, which cannot be compressed into words, because it is infinite.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

The purpose of art: to make the unconscious conscious.

I regard the Jewish race as the born enemy of pure humanity and everything that is noble in it.

Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them.

Imagination creates reality.

The language of tones belongs equally to all mankind, and melody is the absolute language in which the musician speaks to every heart.

It is a truth forever, that where the speech of man stops short there Music's reign begins.

We must learn to die, and to die in the fullest sense of the word. The fear of the end is the source of all lovelessness

A political man is disgusting, but a political wife, horrible.

She couldn't tell exactly where the words came from. What mattered was that they reached her. They arrived and kneeled next to her bed.

The trouble with a baby, for writists, is that they take away your useful melancholy, even the energy to invent some.

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

Don't decide on a dog based on looks either, much like with people, looks and first impressions can be deceiving.

We are born for meaning, not pleasure, unless it is pleasure that is steeped in meaning.

I wouldn't want to play a normal princess who always walks around in nice dresses. I never had a connection to it when I was a child, I preferred playing with plastic soldiers.

My parents were divorced and I would spend weekends with my father.

The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library

My son has a big Christmas problem - what do you buy for a father who has everything and you're using it?

I was painting furniture, learning to stencil, and explore all kinds of traditional techniques of decoration. I learned from books that I picked up.