We must remember to enjoy ourselves.

I've spent so much of my adult life in relationships that it's actually quite pleasant to be alone at last. I turned thirty-six the other day, which staggers me when I think about it.

If comedians were truly free of repression, there would not be an inherent need to perform for the love of a roomful of total strangers.

Milk which is just about to turn is akin to that moment spent on the cusp of failure in a dulled and fettered relationship.

The creative artist seems to be almost the only kind of man that you could never meet on neutral ground. You can only meet him as an artist. He sees nothing objectively because his own ego is always in the foreground of every picture.

Use anything you can think of to understand and be understood, and you'll discover the creativity that connects you with others.

A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations.

When I'm writing for certain instruments, you want to write within what you know about that instrument but also challenge the player. Something like 'Aheym' is very virtuosic - but because I have a history of performing music, I don't like unplayable music.