"Being as versatile as I am, I take offense to the notion that no serious musician would not be doing a late night talk show gig. One has to be open enough in other areas to be able to contribute to a show like this."

“A typical weeknight when he was home like this: 1. Sit down and try to do homework. 2. Get interrupted by Jeffrey: “Please play with me!” 3. Ignore brother, try to do homework. 4. Get interrupted by Jeffrey: “Come ON, Steven! I’m BORED!” 5. Beg Jeffrey for five minutes of peace. 6. Get begged for five minutes of play: “Steven, you never, ever play with me—ever!” 7. Move entire homework operations center to different room. 8. Repeat steps #1-7 as directed by small drugged maniac.”

Source : Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.78, Scholastic Inc.

“Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.”

“I think Delhiites know how to party, but Kolkata has people who know how to celebrate. I think thats the main difference.”

Source : NDTV interview, sports.ndtv.com. June 2, 2012.

“April's rare capricious loveliness.”

Source : Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (1872). “Poems”, p.67

“I usually have several things on the go. Whether it is my own drawings for the next work that I am working on while a sculpture is being fabricated or several works at different points in production.”

Source : The Condition report Interview, www.patriciapiccinini.net. 2014.

“What can we do but keep on breathing in and out, modest and willing, and in our places?”

“I had always been led to believe that ageing was a slow and gradual process, the creep of a glacier. Now I realise that it happens in a rush, like snow falling off a roof.”

Source : David Nicholls (2014). “Us: A Novel”, p.8, Harper Collins

“Going on stage and doing ballet, for the first time, was even more verification of, "This is what I'm meant to do. This is what I'm going to do. I'm going to make it somehow."”