If there is a God, I don't think He would demand that anyone bow down or stand up to Him. I often have a suspicion that God is still trying to work things out and hasn't finished.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.

The French use cooking as a means of self-expression, and this meal perfectly represented the personality of a cook who had spent the morning resting her unwashed chin on the edge of a tureen, pondering whether she should end her life immediately by plunging her head into her abominable soup.

The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you.

Music is part of human life and partakes of the human tragedy. There is much more music in the world than is allowed to change into heard sounds and prove its point.

I find to my astonishment that an unhappy marriage goes on being unhappy when it is over.