#composing

I try not to observe myself in the process of composing a poem because I don't want to come up with a formula, which I would then be unscrupulous in using. ↗

— Thom Gunn

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The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#discovers #first #last #put #thing

If I had a story idea that I felt would work best in three volumes I might write a trilogy eventually. I'd very likely write it all at once, though, so I could work on it as a whole and not broken into individual volumes. I don't always write in order, so composing multi-book stories could get complicated. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#best #broken #complicated #composing #could

Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

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I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done. ↗

— Franz Schubert

#been #composing #done #god #had

I don't hate work, composing is not work for me, it's my pleasure; it's my life. So why should I stop? If something is pleasurable and exciting and rewarding, why should one stop? ↗

— Gunther Schuller

#exciting #hate #i #life #me

There are people who must spend huge amounts of time composing these online diatribes against me, all about how disgusting and terrible I am and how no one should ever read my books, and it's not enough for them to hate me, they can't stand the fact that ANYONE likes me! ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#against #am #anyone #books #composing

Composing is my life blood. ↗

— Morton Gould

#composing #life #my life

Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has always energized me and scoring has opened up a world of sonic possibilities. ↗

— Liz Phair

#chance #composing #dimensions #down #essential

You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. ↗

— Maurice Ravel

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