I never miss reality when I'm not in it, but it's sometimes nice to come back to.

Instead of past, present and future, I'd prefer chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target

Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.

Please don't lie to me,unless,you're sure I'll never find out the truth.

The greatest obstacle to discovering the truth is being convinced that you already know it.

I want either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.

I too have known joy and sadness, and, on the whole, I prefer joy.

I'll give up my bad habits as soon as equally satisfying good habits become available.

I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent.

Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn't all a dream?

God has given us the gift of faith that we can take what's unseen and make it part of who we are.

At the time of death we walk through a doorway and our spirit, which is very thin, slides through into another world.

To keep our hearts open is probably the most urgent responsibility you have as you get older.

Strangers are contemporary posterity. [Fr., Les etrangers sont la posterite contemporaine.]

The Germans are exceedingly fond of Rhine wines; they are put up in tall, slender bottles, and are considered a pleasant beverage. One tells them from vinegar by the label.

Sometimes just being still is the best thing you can do for yourself.

Do you sometimes look up from the computer and look around the room and know you are alone, I mean really know it, then feel scared ?

There's a band of studio session - hot players - that play on my albums... They're an eclectic bunch of misfits that I've worked with for years and years.

I wrote a number of pieces in the year 1966 that were so bad that, although I'm a great collector of my own pieces, I have never collected them.

Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.