Most of the mess that is called history comes about because kings and presidents cannot be satisfied with a nice chicken and a good loaf of bread.

Had you but seen it, I promise you, your high-minded principles would have melted like candle wax. Never would you have wished such beauty away.

There is an advantage to be found in most everything that happens to you, even if it is not immediately apparent.

I just love historical fiction.

It's only the body that's gone. Only the body. There's a part that doesn't go in the ground, a part that stays inside you forever.

You can't argue with the dead, no matter what you say, they always have the last word.

When you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then, keep quiet and study the work of those who can.