I suppose longevity requires giving up life's pleasures, one by one, until there's nothing left.

This is everything I thought I didn't want. Or didn't need. But I'm here now and it's everything I need and the only thing I want.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material, so rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.

You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.

I think a woman looks best in a sari.

If you think that the brass is not blowing loud enough, mute it by a couple of degrees.

If someone's not attacking you that means you're not doing your job effectively.

Many bad policies are simply good policies taken too far.

Your life is a blank, and you're barely a shade across it.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.