You can sit there, tense and worried, freezing the creative energies, or you can start writing something. It doesn't matter what. In five or ten minutes, the imagination will heat, the tightness will fade, and a certain spirit and rhythm will take over.

The 20th century has been a badly written drama, from the beginning.

Life without music is unthinkable.

...we can all shut-up and go back to our caves.

From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure returns. I resolve to stop complaining.

The most difficult instrument to play in the orchestra is second fiddle.

Which of my Jewish roots do I follow?