I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.
The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there.
It is better to wear out than to rust out.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
Everybody likes to go their own way--to choose their own time and manner of devotion.
More movement, and the sense of bodies being shackled in alongside of me.