[On Rachmaninoff:] He was the most Russian of them all, like a cathedral in the snow. Holy, wintry, infinite, he was all the Russias.

Too late! The two saddest words in any tongue.

[When asked how many husbands she'd had:] Two of my own, my dear, and several of my friends'.

[On Nijinksy:] Ah, he took my breath away! The body that man had, the controlled power, the iron fragility. He was a note of music. He was dance!

Lazy people always work harder than anyone else; they're so eager to get through and lie down again.

I always loved being with older people. Now they're so difficult to find.

I've always burned my bridges before me.

My friends love me terribly, and their grief will be a screaming storm if I die.

Hey you —All our fevered history won't instill insight, won't turn a body conscious, won't make that look in the eyes say yes, though there is nothingto solve even as each moment is an answer.

Something tells me that immortality is monstrous.

A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in himself.

It's the nature of it. The players will want to compete at the highest level they possibly can.

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

Marriage is a commitment, so you always have to work at it.

I'm a Jewish kid who grew up loving hip hop in NY.

Amazing, powerful, inspirational - those adjectives might make me sound like a fawning fan, but REWORK is that useful. Be prepared for a new feeling of clarity and motivation.

God promises to meet our needs, not our greeds.