John Updike

Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

I would write ads for deodorants or labels for catsup bottles if I had to.

If the worst comes true, and the paper book joins the papyrus scroll and parchment codex in extinction, we will miss, I predict, a number of things about it.

I met Cary Grant once, and I was absolutely star struck. I got his autograph.

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized.

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