I can't distract myself enough here, for sketches to a new opera are constantly buzzing around in my head, to the extent that I need all my strength to wrest myself from them.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

I wish I could score everything for horns.

I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing.

Imagination creates reality.

I write music with an exclamation point!

He who tooteth not his own horn, the same shall not be tooted.

Men must know their limitations.

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.

I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.

I can't distract myself enough here, for sketches to a new opera are constantly buzzing around in my head, to the extent that I need all my strength to wrest myself from them.

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the change to work hard at work worth doing.

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.

Curiosity killed the cat, but for awhile I was a suspect.