"Even Bach comes down to the basic suck, blow, suck, suck, blow."

"We have a right to speak our minds, not an obligation to do so."

"Man's drive for self expression, which over centuries built his monuments, does not stay within set bounds; the creations, which yesterday were the detested and obscene, become the classics of today."

"Seasons change, so do cities. People come into your life and people go, but it's comforting to know: the ones you love are always in your heart and if you're very lucky, a plane ride away."

"There is nothing remarkable about it, all one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself."

"When a rose dies, a thorn is left behind."

"I don't understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses."

"Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason."

"Life cannot find reasons to sustain it, cannot be a source of decent natural regard, unless each of us resolves to breathe such qualities into it."

"New York is the only city in the world where you can get deliberately run down on the sidewalk by a pedestrian."

"The future belongs to those who can rise above the confines of the earth."

"The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth."