I have always regarded manual labour as creative and looked with respect-and, yes, wonder-at people who work with their hands. It seems to me that their creativity is no less than that of a violinist or painter.

As long as one can admire and love, then one is young forever.

I don't have hobbies. I have passions.

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.

The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper.

It takes courage for people to listen to their own goodness and act on it.

The answer to helplessness is not so very complicated.