A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum.

Every day the choice is presented to us, to live up to the spirit that is in us, or deny it.

I soon found out you can't change the world. The best you can do is to learn to live with it.

I'd rather sit down and write a letter than call someone up. I hate the telephone.

To sing you must first open your mouth. You must have a pair of lungs, and a little knowledge of music. It is not necessary to have an accordion, or a guitar. The essential thing is to want to sing. This then is a song. I am singing.

I don't know whether you've ever had a woman eat an apple while you were doing it. Well, you can imagine how that affects you.

Everyone has his own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is.