Sign language is the equal of speech, lending itself equally to the rigorous and the poetic, to philosophical analysis or to making love.

A profound intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain.

When I was five, I am told, and asked what my favorite things in the world were, I answered, smoked salmon and Bach.

I think there's probably always been visions and voices, and these were variously ascribed to the divine or demonic or the muses. I think many poets still feel they depend on an inner voice, or a voice which tells them what to do.

Sign language is the equal of speech, lending itself equally to the rigorous and the poetic, to philosophical analysis or to making love.

I think the brain is a dynamic system in which some parts control or suppress other parts. And if perhaps one has damage in one of the controlling or suppressing areas, then you may have the emergence or eruption of something, whether it is a seizure, a criminal trait - - or even a sudden musical passion.

First thing about being a patient-you have to learn patience.