Never forget the first three letters of confidence.

And in the middle of the lake the woman I'd spoken with floated on her back, eyes closed, as if nothing in her many years had ever gone wrong.

The future is the lie with which we justify the brutality of the present.

Wealth announces itself with what's easy to break and impossible to clean. The chairs were all curvy works of art that turned sitting into yoga exercises.

The stomach is not the only vital organ that hungers.

Endurance, I reminded myself, is the true measure of existence.

In order to become the chisel that breaks the marble inside us, the artist must first become the hammer." [Soviet censor of paintings and photos]

There are so many paths to contentment if you're open to self-delusion.

A single whisper can be quite a disturbance when the rest of the audience is silent.

My Life is My Message

If the future of the free world depends on me, please accept my apology in advance

Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do.

Everyone surrounding you has gone through similar things. The search for love or the desire to have a family or the loss of a child.

Girls. You never know what they're going to think.

I have always regarded divorce as essentially disagreeable, like castor oil, but necessary.

I am made of light; I am made of stars.

Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America.

Pray to God and make your heart as pure as the star.

Kids today don't want to get married. Too many of their friends have been married and divorced already. They just don't believe in it