The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice as dead.

I know that if there’s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.

As an aspiring artist, you should strive for originality of vision. Have something to say and a fresh way of saying it. No story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it’s not the work of the imagination.

When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.

I don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.'

There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children.

God, I had great people in my life.