Anna Held

My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get ill on a boat and dogs do not.

One does not re-light a dead cigarette.

I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use and leads to nothing.

I never go back and listen to the recorded document. The thrill comes when the balance can be attained. Everyone in the room can have a shared, communal rock experience.

Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.