Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will -- whatever we may think."

"Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened."

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

Truth disappears with the telling of it.

"I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know."