Change Is Good. And In Fact Unavoidable.

From Maya Angelou I Began To Believe That I, Too, Someday, Could Be A Writer, And I Also Learned How Tortuous It Can Be To Be In Possession Of A Unique Voice.

I'm A Classic Example Of What Can Happen If You Follow Your Inner Voice. I Was Cursed With Interests And Some Talent In Many Different Areas. It Confuses People.

It Takes Great Technique, Tremendous Discipline And Energy And Practice, And Damn Few Are Capable. Art Is Confidence. Technique Makes It Possible To Achieve Artistic Greatness, But Doesn't Guarantee It. The Great Piano Artists Are Not The Ones Who Are Best Playing Clementi Exercises.

It Helps To Be Able To Be Alone. 'cuz Writing Is Done Alone, Unless You Collaborate, But I Don't Do That. Ask My Ex-wife.

Hollywood... A City I Was To Come Back To Time And Again, In Sickness And In Health, In Success And In Failure, With Anticipation And With Dread.