Ralph Ransom

Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.

Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.

I don't write constantly; it's two serials and a novel a year.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

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