What I can control is how I react. I can't control anything else.

The greatest sin is judgment without knowledge.

Alexander Pope once wrote that the theater aspires to wake the soul by gentle strokes of art - to raise the genius and to mend the heart.

I don't know if I'm addicted to fame; fame is more of an unpleasant circumstance of an addiction to creativity.

Life is supposed to get tough.

While it is tempting to play it safe, the more we're willing to risk, the more alive we are. In the end, what we regret most are the chances we never took.

Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when you're listening. Playing the piano allows you to do both at the same time.