As a lifelong pacifist, Quaker, and a gay man, I despair that gays and lesbians are expending energy trying to get into the military when they should be using that same energy getting rid of the military completely.

Art means to dare - and to have been right.

Divine fires do not blaze each day but an artist functions in their afterglow, hoping for their recurrence.

There are no fascinating people, only their works are fascinating.

Why, after all, must everyone like music? That they are missing something is just the lover's opinion.

Compose first, worry later.

Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin.