“A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.”

“Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.”

“Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest the more strongly you cultivate this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth from it.”

“When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'”

“A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.”

“Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you.”

“Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I'm just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I'm cool.”

“The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.”

“If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.”