"The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it"

"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast"

"Liquid architecture. It's like jazz - you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something. And I think it's a way of - for me, it's a way of trying to understand the city, and what might happen in the city"

"With foxes we must play the fox"

"The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground"

"If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule"

"Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword"

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball"

"I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I am good at everything"

"Jazz vision is the fusion of music and art a real paradox of same-yet different. Here we play in exchanges, like the hardness of the key of c# major and from the softness of Db major - capturing, reflecting and improvising"

"Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself"