Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father.

Revenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders.

[When asked if the voice is an instrument:] Yes, of course. Some are violins, some are fountain pens and some are stethoscopes. And others are just washboards.

An ounce of sequins can be worth a pound of home cooking.

You can't be wise without being intelligent, but you certainly can be intelligent without being wise.

The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth.

Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.