"I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit."

"It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second."

"Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard."

"Time is the only critic without ambition."

"I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them."

"Obviously talent gets you to a certain point, but it's what you do with it, how you handle."

"Do not wait for favorable winds; take the oars and row toward your horizon. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"We do not remember the passing of hours, but the resonance of moments. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."