I liked the opera very much. Everything but the music.

Composing is like driving down a foggy road.

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping.

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful.

Music does not excite until it is performed.

I am an arrogant and impatient listener, but in the case of a few composers, a very few, when I hear a work I do not like, I am convinced that it is my own fault. Verdi is one of those composers.

One day I'll be able to relax a bit, and try and become a good composer.

These two are not two, love has made them one. Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery each is no less but more.

The model of a composer.

I am an arrogant and impatient listener but in the case of a few composers a very few when I hear a work I do not like I am convinced that it is my own fault. Verdi is one of those composers.

Learn to love people unconditionally. The light of love sees no walls.

And I learned from my own experience that laughter was the most potent weapon: laughter can kill everything.

Parenthood offers many lessons in patience and sacrifice. But ultimately, it is a lesson in humility. The very best thing about your life is a short stage in someone else’s story.

There is a shortage of teachers but the January 2001 schools census showed that teacher numbers were at their highest level than at any time since 1984 - and 11, 000 higher than 1997.

Who among us is not thinking about divorce, except for a few tiny-minded stick-in-the-muds who don't count?

They have a sign at the beach, "no glass bottles". I think that's so the other sand particles don't feel like underachievers.

There is no sense in making statements that will not continue to be true after they are made.

Dare to be what your best self knows you ought to be; dare to be a bigger human being than you have ever been.

We all have supernatural powers, but have not been educated on how to use them. That is why they are called SUPER-NATURAL. They are already super NATURAL to US!

Patience is the healthiest ingredient of our life.