I like good company, but I like hard work still better.

The artist who does not feel completely satisfied by elegant lines, by harmonious colors, and by a beautiful succession of chords does not understand the art of music.

There is nothing more difficult than talking about music.

One must practice slowly, then more slowly, and finally slowly.

I produce music as an apple tree produces apples.

What gives Bach and Mozart a place apart is that these two great expressive composers never sacrificed form to expression.

Give Mozart a fairy tale and he creates without effort an immortal masterpiece.

How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?

Be solution oriented. Infect everyone with enthusiasm.

Its never late has long your going on

In Grimm's fairy tales, you kiss a frog and in two seconds, it becomes a prince. That is a fairy tale. In evolution, you kiss a frog and in two million years, it becomes a prince.

No man must be superior to the things that are common to men.... Not only are we all in the same boat, but we are all seasick.

The truth is most of the films that make a lot of money no one remembers, and I'm not interested in making films that no one remembers.

Dennis Thatcher, husband of Margaret Thatcher, when asked who wore the pants in his house, said "I do, and I also wash and iron them." I only like two kinds of men; domestic and foreign.

If substantial methyl hydrate melt begins to occur in the Arctic Ocean basin, then the (carbon) accelerator will be jammed, and there will be nothing we can do to cut the speed of climate change.

I thought Gen. McChrystal was unfireable, that his position was secure.

When looking at Germans, I have never felt a sense that they are guilty. I have encountered anti-Semitism in the United States as well.