The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. (Emile Zola)

The difference between ‘involvement’ and ‘commitment’ is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was ‘involved’ – the pig was ‘committed’. (unknown)

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.(Napoleon Bonaparte)

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth. (Umberto Eco)

If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance. (George Bernard Shaw)