But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.

I had hoped you would protest, but please don't argue.

The music is the shining path over which the poet travels to bring his song to the world.

You have always given me more than I gave to you. You were the wings on which I soared.

The beginning of a plot is the prompting of desire.

We breathe, we think, we conceive of our lives as narratives.

There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the least physically harmful of all the narcotics known to man.