"He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast"

"Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark"

"A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost"

"A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life"

"It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes"

"Childhood is a disease - a sickness that you grow out of"

"One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste"

"If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older"

"The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them"

"I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood"

"I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music"