"That was the reasoning behind learning to play bass, and then after that it was more like it was neat to play songs together - for me to play bass and for him to play guitar."

"What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also."

"It's good for art to make us think, to give us a shared experience that creates a dialogue, makes us talk to each other, including strangers."

"I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread."

"The 1990s, after the reign of terror of academic vandalism, will be a decade of restoration: restoration of meaning, value, beauty, pleasure, and emotion to art and restoration of art to its audience."