Confucius

I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

The Gulf of Mexico, they believe, is a huge asteroid. That was an impact zone, you know that? Yeah, for that big a thing to actually hit our globe, it would have had to adjusted the spin, the axis.