Alone is a fact, a condition where no one else is around. Lonely is how you feel about that.

Easily acquired. Inexpensive. Perfectly functional. Portable. Identifiable. Disposable. Eternal enough. These are my criteria for the perfect storage system. And I’ve found the answer in the simple file box.

Well, Mozart is extraordinary not only in that he became virtuoso along the lines of his father, but that he had that compositional gift, that melodic gift. By the time he was four, he was doing piano concertos with harmony in the background.

Doing is better than not doing, and if you do something badly you'll learn to do it better.

Men and women are very different athletes, and frankly, I didn't want to deal with the male potential.

You're only kidding yourself if you put creativity before craft.

I can't emphasize this idea enough. Getting involved with your collaborator's problems almost always distracts you from your own. That can be tempting. That can be a relief. But it usually leads to disaster.