“If you scrutinize reality closely enough, if in some way you really, really get to it, it becomes fantastic.”

“Everybody looks a little crazy if you're looking close enough and if you can't look that close, then you don't really love them.”

“Patience and boredom are closely related. Boredom, a certain kind of boredom, is really impatience. You don't like the way things are, they aren't interesting enough for you, so you deccide- and boredom is a decision-that you are bored.”

“There are bound to be some lies here, but I’ve been telling them so long they’ve become truth, my truth, as close as I can get to what really happened.”

“I must say, I'm a little envious. If I were slightly younger and not employed here, I think it would be a fantastic experience to be on the front lines of helping this young democracy succeed. It must be exciting for you … in some ways romantic, in some ways, you know, confronting danger. You're really making history, and thanks.”

“If someone is really close with you, your getting upset or them getting upset is okay, and they don’t change because of it. It’s just part of the relationship. It happens. You deal with it.”

“You can give music variation without changing the notes. When you get close to a piece there will inevitable be tinkering. I sometimes wonder if concert pianists expend so much effort and energy finding new ways to interpret that what they really need is some more direct form of self-expression.”

“You know the saying, don’t kill the messenger? Hold that thought really, really close to your hearts. (Hermes)”

“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.”

“In the dark you can feel really close to a person. You can say whatever you want.”