People reveal as much by their silence as they do by what they say.

One who smiles rather than angers is always stronger.

The real menace in dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year-old.

No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to speak of himself as if he were one.

When I do overcome my fear - what's going to happen is that I'm going to want a plane.

I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus sum Laudari me abs te, pater, laudato viro.]

I still feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the best way to experience a story.

I need a moment of time for myself every day, like a child playing with his things. When I travel, I routinely find a quiet place, open my diary and write something in it.

I think because I have great difficulty saying the word, 'no,' almost every day's a different adventure.

The mother of invention in music is necessity, not Frank Zappa!

Perfect practice makes perfect.