I certainly understand that we're all trying to make a living, but I'm not thinking about that when I'm making it. And if that's your sole motivation, it's going to reflect that narcissistic greed, and you're going to hear it in the music.

You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

We're probably a couple of freaks who've created their own little universe, are living in our own little world and that's the only place where we can survive.

A problem was the lack of cooperation of the Afghan community itself. The women, though living in Iran, were under cover and not willing to participate in the film, and none of the ethnic groups were willing to work together or be together.

The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you.

Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit.

My theory is that I decided to be a writer when I was about seven, but of course it is not as simple as that. Like most writers, I had to work at other things to earn a living and wrote mainly in the evenings, often very late at night, for many years.

I was going to be living there and I didn't want to sound like a foreigner all my life.

To me, the whole idea of fame and I think it can be a real test of somebody, of who they are. You know, 'cause some strange things happen. I've seen some peculiar things as far as a person just living their life.

I have got the best of both worlds; growing up in Edinburgh and now living outside Glasgow.

All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former.

When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. That's something for a stage actor.

It is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first feeble struggles of a living mind; this privilege is mine.