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.

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

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

It's a terrifying thing to be perhaps 16 or 17 and feel like you are a failure and a has-been.