Heraclitus Quotes

Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.

Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.

It is absurd to look for perfection.

I could be working 300 hours a week. I just say 'no.' The power of slow is the power of no. I can't go to every party I get invited to. I can't do every work thing.

To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I was in a state of cold storage.

If you go back to, say, the Brothers Grimm or Roald Dahl, you see so much darkness in children's material.

Making every record is a process full of tough times.

I think that one of the things that I can do is I seem to have the ability to zoom in super tight for very small details, but then jump back for sort of that big picture perspective. And I think that ultimately, that's one of my strengths, because you have - every detail matters.

If you are not moving closer to what you want, you probably aren't doing enough asking. And you're probably not asking the single most important question that can help you achieve a higher level of success and personal fulfillment: How am I doing?

I don't have a problem with being a woman. Women's bodies are so beautiful.

My job is simply to give advice, to be a counselor to our nation's leaders.

A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.

When I started in 1978, the greatest wine in Spain, Vega Sicilia, wasn't even imported to the United States. The alleged greatest Australian wine, Penfolds Grange, wasn't imported to the United States. There were no by-the-glass programs. Sommeliers were intimidating.

She made a ravishing corpse.

I have not made any plans for the future, and my wife would kill me if I announced anything before that.

What is qualified? What have I been qualified for in my life? I haven't been qualified to be a mayor. I'm not qualified to be a songwriter. I'm not qualified to be a TV producer. I'm not qualified to be a successful businessman. And so, I don't know what qualified means.

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.

It's always a good idea to chill your crab cake mixture for a few hours, or even overnight, before frying because they'll hold together better.

I always have issues with trust. I'm a New Yorker... Really, I think trust is something that comes from the gut. And I think you have to - it's probably the worst advice to give people - but I think you gotta trust people from your gut.

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.