Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one!
I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.
The scariest moment is always just before you start.
Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.
A short note is the most difficult of all compositions.
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.
The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.
The best way to remember something is to try to forget it.

It is the space between the notes that makes the music.
The art of communication is the language of leadership.
A note of music gains significance from the silence on either side.
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.