Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.

I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.

The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.

If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.

Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I'm sailing right behind.

I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That's not to say that I'm not happy.

Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.

I've got nothing to do today but smile.

Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.

Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo.

I asked my dad what people would remember sooner, the things I said or the things I did. His response was: Forgive me, but what people?

She maneuvered onto the board, getting into position on her stomach just like he'd taught, and tried not to freak out. She never should have watched Shark Week last year.

The best way to get a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

It's been written that a lover is apt to be as full of secrets from himself as is the object of his love from him.

It is very annoying, when people notice your weak moments but never see your strong ones.

Pride in boasting of family antiquity, makes duration stand for merit.

When I take a picture I take 10 percent of what I see.

The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.

Neither books nor people have Velcro Sides -- there must be a bonding agent -- someone who attaches child to book.

A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.