The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.

Discretion is not the better part of biography.

We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.

A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.