Composing is not a profession. It is a maniaa harmless madness.

The public doesn't want new music; the main thing it demands of a composer is that he be dead.

The modern composer is a madman who persists in manufacturing an article which nobody wants.

The first requirement for a composer is to be dead.

I have always loved locomotives passionately. For me they are living creatures and I love them as others love women or horses.

Music is geometry in time.

The public doesn't want new music the main thing that it demands of a composer is that he be dead.

Just because we’ve made poor or wrong choices in the past, does not limit us from making wise and good choices now.

When you are angry, close your eyes, you will regain your inner peace.

Whenever people see birds flying through the sky, it's said that they get the urge to go on a journey.

By you, I was properly humbled. I came to you without a doubt of my reception. You shewed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.

I find most men don't like a lot of makeup.

What exactly are the ingredients of Ranch dressing? Mayo and disappointment?

The apprentice realist uses line as a net to capture his prey, an imitation of reality. But soon he becomes enchanted with line as a thing. It becomes a servant of his pleasure.

My favorite part of theatre is that I get paid for it!

Four months of preparation and about 12 hours of shooting turned into about 30 seconds of screen time.

Music is a bird's answer to the noise and heaviness of words. It puts the mind in a state of exhilarated speechlessness.