I try to talk as little as possible, unless I see something that I might disagree with.

For me, when I watch something without music, I'm instantly thinking, "Okay, what am I going to do here? How am I going to convey this?" I take notes and really think about that.

One important thing, just being a film composer in general, is to have a great respect for the art that you're working on - a great respect for the film and a great respect for the filmmakers.

That's what I love about film scoring. Every situation is new. Every show is a new adventure.

What I love about film scoring is that all the answers are in the story. You just need to get in tune with the story and realize it musically.

I try not to make any boundaries. I try to let all art influence me.

When a musician is conveying that fresh feeling, that's what appeals to me, even more so than the style.

Poetry had always seemed something I could turn to in need - an emergency exit, a lifebuoy, as well as a justification.

She'd never been religious. She hadn't allowed grief to send her crawling to the church.

What really mattered, Alex supposed, was not how the world saw you, but how you saw yourself, and whether you and the people around you treated one another with respect.

It was rather too late in the day to set about being simple-minded and ignorant.

Before you organize you ought to analyze and see what the elements of the business are.

I have to think of the positive; that's how I cope.

I've never asked for a happy ending

Private problems don't constitute an excuse for bad manners.

Spirit is the only truth within us, the rest is all untruth.

For a writer, its very attractive to stay in one world for a time.