"I am a very optimistic man. I always see the bright side of things."

"We can neither put back the clock nor slow down our forward speed, and as we are already flying pilotless, on instrument controls, it is even too late to ask where we are going."

"I was not especially friendly with Rachmaninov at the time, nor, I think, was any one else: social relations with a man of Rachmaninov's temperament require more perseverance than I can afford: he was…"

"Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune."

"I am not afraid of anything, except boredom."