Poetry says the things that I can't say. I read a lot, but I never write it.

Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.

I believe that one can aspire to as much as one wants to.

I don't know much about my family history except that my father had straight black hair and his ancestors probably came from India.

Life is so short, it seems careless not to use it all.

To pretend you don't feel a certain strangeness after living in England for 40 years is a fallacy.

The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised.

I love living in London.

How can you interview somebody about something fairly technical if you start on the wrong foot by not even knowing his name?

I can't think of any sentiment which is finer than being in a position to give people something they like. I love giving, I am rather embarrassed at receiving.

I am actually a terrible coward. Fear is a constant fact of my life.

I may not be free, but I’m not about to surrender the illusion of choice.

Teasing is very often a sign of inner misery.

I laugh. Yer crazy, I says.I was fine till I met you, he says.

No one who lives in the sunlight of gratitude that things aren't worse makes a failure of his or her life.

The essential idea is that the quality of the result is continually at risk during the process of making.

Jane Monheit is skyrocketing up the jazz charts. By next year, we won't be able to get her.

If we are giving judicial benefits to one part, we should give them to the other part as well.

You can always meet stupid people in your life journey; you should treat them like the way candle treats darkness: Illuminate them!

In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen concepts.

We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.