Never deceive a friend.

Trying not to believe things when in your heart you are almost sure they are true, is as bad for the temper as anything I know.

Sleep is my only ally united by a dream treaty

As I've grown - dare I say it - older, I had hopes of indulging my dreams of being a sailor.

What would you dare to dream if you knew you wouldn't fail?

Music's at its best when it has a purpose.

A tyrant institutionalises stupidity, but he is the first servant of his own system and the first to be installed within it.

Old people think young people haven't learned about love. Young people think old people have forgotten about love.

Home's the most excellent place of all.

When you walk 25-30 feet above ground, it is a miracle, because you are still in the city ... but you are flying above the city. You are in the middle of trees, and that is a moment of beauty.

You get to keep acting on the feelings you had just moments before. You don't have to psych yourself up for the scene. You can just go off what you were already feeling.