Every one should keep a mental wastepaper basket and the older he grows the more things he will consign to it-torn up to irrecoverable tatters.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

It is a tremendous strength to be able to digest an insult.

I never wanted to be prominent enough to have enemies.

Random, meaningless groups can adopt an us-versus-them mentality.

I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans

That's a huge part foul man; that's just not cool.

If you're going to equalize the academic playing field, you've got to get the kids in early childhood programs.

There is a crisis of public morality. Instead of policing bedrooms, we ought to be doing a better job policing boardrooms.

I defy anybody to not look cool with the guns. My granny could look cool doing that!

Painting is as close as a person can get to actually capturing the heat of the moment.

There was a time when I was 19 when I really, really, really thought I was going crazy. I was exhausted and going through a terrible depression.