They said they're getting rid of the dog. He [Walter] said the dog had died and he was disposing of the dog.

I didn't have anything to yell at her for. She was limp.

I know she's terrified, but she's not really fighting back, like she was broke, her spirit was, and she really wasn't fighting back.

I don't like to hurry. I'm not a conductor of the fast, fiery romantic type. I prefer Bruckner, with the sincerity of his musical language and the huge time spans in which his ideas develop, to Mahler, with his hysteria and self-indulgence.

God has not only given us strength and wisdom, but also the thought of perseverance and determination that makes us stronger when the going gets tough.

A fishnet is made up of a lot more holes than strings, but you can't therefore argue that the net doesn't exist. Just ask the fish.