I have been coming to Los Angeles since 1975 to perform.

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

Mozart often wrote to his family that certain variations or sections of pieces were so successful that they had to be encored immediately, even without waiting for the entire piece to end.

We should welcome applause whenever it comes.

When one plays a Steinway, there is a warmth and nobility in the sound that is unequalled by any other instrument.

I have always thought that my ear is also very influenced by my eyes.

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have a hard enough time just getting things right. Arguing is for string players.

We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud.

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end.

All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!

The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction.

You know you found the right one when you stop looking for "more.

Spend less time shopping, more time traveling.

They would all be sorry... particularly the duck.

The only thing that prepares you to run a company is running a company.

If you get offended by words - by noises we make with our mouths - it means you were raised by bad parents.

Perfect date material, she thought. A vampire with the social equivalent of road rage. ---Beth about Wrath

Your job is not to be perfect, your job is only to be human.

I like somebody who's not so crazy but likes to have a good time... and who is thoughtful and kind and easy to laugh with. Somebody you can just be yourself with one hundred and fifty percent.

There's a chance that the old Peeta, the one who loves you, is still inside. Trying to get back to you. Don't give up on him.

Not that the incredulous person doesn't believe in anything. It's just that he doesn't believe in everything.