We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. Its never your fault. But its always your fault, because if you wanted to change youre the one who has got to change. – Katharine Hepburn
I can tell you, dearest friend, that if it became known how much friendship, love and a world of human and spiritual references I have smuggled into these three movements, the adherents of programme music – should there be any left – would go mad with joy. – Alban Berg
In the Europe which was created by the Second World War, divided into two blocks, each in need of a revolution that would end the abuses and injustices of capitalism and the privileges of a bureaucratic caste, collective faith does not exist. – Juan Goytisolo
