When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

I wish but to share your gifts as a young boy on his birthday would excitedly rip open his packages to the view of others.

My own experience being bullied - it made me a more compassionate person. It made me more sympathetic to the adolescent experience.

Women's sexy underwear is a minor but significant growth industry of late-twentieth-century Britain in the twilight of capitalism.

Social laughter is momentary, soon burns itself out and passes away like the fire and smokes of straw, but genius shakes the very skies with its lasting, inextinguishable laughter.

I attend surprisingly few shows. The type of theater that is popular today just doesn't appeal to me.

He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.

...And in freedom, most people find sin.

In the third century after Christ the faith continued to spread.

We sometimes received - and I would read - 200 manuscripts a week. Some of them were wonderful, some were terrible; most were mediocre. It was like the gifts of the good and bad fairies.

Everything I chose, I had already played in concert. For the competition, I wanted to pick pieces I know that people like.