Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra, and somehow prose can go over into poetry.

Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance.

The Greek sculptor - I don't think he was very different from any of us.

Shiva danced the world into existence... that's a very nice thought.

Public notice does not necessarily accord with internal fulfilment.

I remain a humanist. We are a very curious race.

Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading.