Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
People fail forward to success.
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
It is not enough to aim; you must hit.
I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, "I wanna grow up and be a critic."
I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.