"The structural thinking I use in the concert hall is unnecessary to most film projects, and most film composers make better use of the enormous range of pop and other materials and techniques required of them than I probably would, faced with the same challenge."

-- John Corigliano

#Thinking Quotes #Challenges Quotes #Technique Quotes

“I can't do all that riddly diddly stuff. I'm not good enough. It's all about not playing.”
“To a certain extent I am taking a leap of faith. I'm adding up the evidence on either side, and I'm seeing the evidence of there not being a God is overwhelming compared to the evidence for there being a God.”
“Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success.”
“This is what my voice sounds like I don't need to be talking to someone else To hear it”
“If you just write the kinds of stories you think others will want to read, you'll be competing with cartoonists who are far more enthusiastic for that kind of comic than you are, and they'll kick your ***** every time.”
“To forgive is to set someone free.”
“Everyone has a little bit of Howard and Chad in them. I think there's Christine in all men as well.”
“(Was he talking about a polar expedition, or marriage?) -Jorge Men Wanted: For hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success.”

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