The press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype.

Art is the signature of civilizations.

Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down.

There were times in my career ... when I felt like a trapeze artist doing dangerous somersaults without a net underneath. When you execute those somersaults flawlessly, the audience feels the same sense of triumph the performer does.

There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.

There is something in me-I just can't stand to admit defeat.