Work controls my life, writing controls my life, performing controls my life..

The secret of all good writing is sound judgment..

My mouth was always my weapon. I've become quieter now. It's possible to put things very clearly, concisely and sharply, even when you do it quietly..

Poetry is a rhythmical piece of writing that leaves the reader feeling that life is a little richer than before, a little more full of wonder, beauty….

Those who tell you it's tough at the top have never been at the bottom..

When a robot dies, you don't have to write a letter to its mother..

The stuff that I write doesn't work very well as background music. You have to watch it from beginning to end and pay attention as if you were watchi….

In fact, the influence of Schoenberg may be overwhelming on his followers, but the significance of his art is to be identified with influences of a m….

What I would not like is to be ignored. I write from the heart. I don't write for me. I write for my readers..

I hate it when people don't recognize the work of women as being universal, or having any import to the world at large, as opposed to men's work, whi….

When I was a kid, I got in trouble for lying a lot, and I had a teacher say, instead of lying, write it down, because if you write it down, it's not ….

A man writing a letter is a man in the act of thinking, and it was an exercise Reagan obviously enjoyed. After his first meeting with Gorbachev, for ….

The Anglo-American tradition is much more linear than the European tradition. If you think about writers like Borges, Calvino, Perec or Marquez, they….

I don't use a pen. I write with a goose quill dipped in venom..

I do less of that stuff now because I figured out that when I was writing things I didn't care about, it made me angry and depressed, so I turned my ….

The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating ….

Who is that blond child laughing as he runs after his colored marbles? [my marbles] It's me And who is the poet writing this poem? That blond child w….

Courage, Alexander..... Courage, Tatiana.

I'm always very conscious because I like to give time between records, even though I feel like I write music that will last it's time, whatever time ….

To learn that happiness is what brings success, and not the other.

For me, speaking to anyone - on a stage, in an elevator - I am looking for impact and connection. The same goes for writing..