Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.
The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.
I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.
The reason we're successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.
I might just write a novel next. I don't know!
If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.
I am in the world only for the purpose of composing. Franz Schubert
The space within becomes the reality of the building.
Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.
Television is chewing gum for the eyes.
The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.
I had always realized it was desirable to gear down the jet.
Everything I own can fit in two suitcases and a foot locker.
Well, in 1947... in Europe and in Italy especially, we thought of America as all-powerful.
In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.
I had planned to accomplish something considerable, and this is the end.
Writing seems to be more difficult as you move through the years.
I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately.
But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.
Playing in front of people is a lot different from playing in your room.
Opera is given so little attention in the national press.
