All talk of method and style seemed suddenly trivial; I became interested in meaning. I wanted to say something musically about life and living.

I had gotten to the point where I was either going to play the violin much better or I was going to break it over my knee.

When you try to do something you've never done before, you risk falling on your face.

Composition can't really be taught, it is a lifelong learning.

If you're a composer, there's never a moment you're not working.

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.

It is intoxicating joy for the sufferer to look away from his suffering and to forget himself.

Fear blossomed within her - not like a flower, but like blood welling from a gunshot wound, spreading throughout her entire body.

Being a young leader is not the problem, having a small mind is

We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based.

I worked for UFA as a set designer, you know.

Evident in every small act of kindness, it was love as a verb. Love that made me feel more complete than I had ever felt in my glamorous, Jimmy Choo filled past.

While waiting for promised blessings, one should not mark time, for to fail to move forward is to some degree a retrogression. Be anxiously engaged in good causes, including your own development.

Continuity isn't actually something that I ever worry about. You use it where you need to, and you don't use it where you don't need to.

I am a fan of history.