All my dogs have been scamps and thieves and troublemakers and I've adored them all.

The expert in anything was once a beginner.

If you rest, you rust.

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.

Love is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.

Levi was smiling. He kicked her chair again.

I have to say that after chemotherapy, Barbara Boxer just isn't that scary anymore.

The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.

When you're at your best, you're analyzing yourself and becoming increasingly isolated from a broader narrative.

Kanye [West] just says the funniest analogies that are so random. I should start keeping a book - in 20 years, I'll have a big book of analogies.They always make me laugh.

Good intentions are useless until they are expressed in appropriate action!

I try to impress upon my students the importance of looking, listening... paying attention, in other words. You must pay attention.

My style is the paparazzi approach which is spontaneous, unrehearsed, off-guard. The beauty I'm after is inherent, more natural. Genuine emotions, real emotions, that's what I look for.

I was having an out-of-body experience, it was so hot. I felt I was watching someone play in a blue dress, and it wasn't me.

Is calling English our national language racist? Are we at that point?