The test of a civilized person is first self-awareness, and then depth after depth of sincerity in self-confrontation.
You cannot prepare enough for anything.
I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying.
I have to report to those of you who think diamonds make a difference that I cannot tell what it is. Seriously, as you all know, they make no difference at all. They just make the flute look a little more special.
I think it is most important for a teacher to play the pieces and studies that are being played by the student.
Taking drugs to overcome nerves is the thin edge of the wedge going in there.
Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get from it on this new day which has been granted you.
But, on more accounts than one, I had had enough of moose-hunting. I had not come to the woods for this purpose, nor had I foreseen it, though I had been willing to learn how the Indian manvred; but one moose killed was as good, if not as bad, as a dozen.
Discover the opinion of your enemies, which is commonly the truest; for they will give you no quarter, and allow nothing to complaisance.
It's really fun to be in a film that's pure entertainment, that people want to go and see. I think, in the current climate, the state of things, people want escapism.
If you are worried or afraid of anything, there is something in your mental attitude that needs correction.