"For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way."

--

Simon Beaufoy

#Way Quotes #Tradition Quotes #British Quotes

“I still think I'm going to do something else when I grow up”
“The musical scale is a convention which circumscribes the area of potentiality and permits construction within those limits in its own particular symmetry.”

Source : Iannis Xenakis (1992). “Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition”, p.132, Pendragon Press
“We see a decline of civility, and, sadly, itâ€™s often modeled by the very people from whom we have the least right to expect it.”
“My greatest joy comes from teaching.”

Source : Interview with Alireza Fadaie, bleacherreport.com. February 25, 2010.
“I think the 60s and 70s were the peak period for the singer-songwriter, for sure.”

Source : "Andrew Gold obituary" by Adam Sweeting, www.theguardian.com. June 6, 2011.
“There is only one way to come into this world; there are too many ways to leave it.”
“Being in the music business is a totally different industry right there.”
“Too often when we're buying or building a house we do not consider each room. We are carried away by one charming feature and are blind to details that will give us trouble later on.”

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