The music is not used repetitiously to create film atmosphere. It is, in fact, the leading character.

That it might turn into music that would heighten emotion, but not be important in itself.

I simply wish to continue to learn, & try to do what I have to do, better.

I have the incredibly good fortune of being able to make the majority of the work I produce in the world on my own with no one bothering me. It really comes entirely out of me.

I'm not much interested in my own self when I write. I'm interested in what I observe out there, what's going on around me.

If you want it bad enough, you have to be willing to fight for it.

I am not really sure how I got interested in medicine.

Blindness is an unfortunate handicap but true vision does not require the eyes.

You get to the point where you decide that you don't want to be a victim anymore and that you're not going to live your life like that.

The hardest lies to detect are the ones surrounded by truth.

You, the real you, which is creating your body and judging every day - that is the Infinite Universe itself.

In civilized societies, we spend our lifetimes trying to become what is socially acceptable. We're dark and we're light. We all have both sides to us.