Sounds mean nothing without music.

I think that the great part of creativity is overcoming fear. Fear is a given. When you sit down and have to begin something, don't be afraid to be filled with fear, because it goes with the turf.

The fact that certain composers have been able to create first-class music within the medium of film proves that film music can be as good as the composer is gifted.

I like the variety. But basically my choice of films is a small intimate film. Quiet film, no action, just people in relationships. That's what I like the most.

My wife has them all in a vault... a copy of every album.

I've been using the Mac solely for years, and got very comfortable with it.

Jerry Goldsmith is an artist who meets all the demands upon the composer in films. He communicates, integrates, subordinates, supports, and designs with discipline.

If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good.

Prayers bring comfort, not change. Change requires tangible human efforts.

In the lie of truth lies the truth.

Little things are little things

The novelist is more like a pregnant woman who delivers her own child unaided. A messy procedure, with lots of groaning.

Because ultimately only the witness -- and not the actors -- knows the truth (Vyasa to Draupadi)

The best way to improve perspective taking is to see users up close.

He could not just wear a watch. It had to be a Rolex.

I don't think political correctness doesn't make any difference. Once that's in your DNA, you don't pass an ordinance or pass a law or all of the sudden change your DNA.

I simply cannot see how denying chemotherapy treatment for Palestinian children increases Israel's security or advances U.S. national interests.

I don't have a clue why I'm famous, either. But I didn't make myself famous. I'm not doing it; you are doing it.