After us, there was no more world to receive anyone.

We are responsible. There is nothing being done to us apart from what we are doing to ourselves.

I am glad and thankful that my husband forced me to start reading for pleasure, as it took me years to listen to him and pick up a book!

You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences.

I'm not unfamiliar with music, and I really do write music. I've gotten a talent for it. I don't have the technical skills, but I do plan to learn.

If we knew what type of jobs would exist in 20 years, we would be quite rich. But we just cannot visualize it.

Nevertheless, his moustachios are splendid.

Once you've arrived at the end of the world, it hardly matters which route you took.

When it's done, it's done. And no one will know until it's done.

What happens when an art form becomes ambiguous, I think, is that the standards are lowered. You can say anything is jazz. So I think it's important to reflect on what made jazz so special.

Everyone I talk to says stuff like, 'Music sucks today,' and I'm going to try and change all that.