Top 42 Quotes by Carter Burwell

I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.

In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.

I'm one of those people who is actually inspired by a deadline. I might not sleep for many days on end, it may not be good for my health, but it definitely helps.

How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.

I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it.

There is not much irony when people are being happy on screen.

Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.

I almost never try to make the audience comfortable. I wouldn't want that if I were in the audience.

I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too.

Performing written music, even when I've written it, is not very interesting to me.