#piece

I recently did a piece for the Boston Pops and John Williams, and I hope that it's as well a composed piece as I've ever done for any other medium or occasion. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#boston #composed #did #done #ever

If you're writing a piece for the Boston Pops, the balance is towards one end. If you're writing a piece for a chamber music society, then it's towards another point. I won't make a final answer on that. I think it changes with every piece. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#answer #balance #boston #chamber #changes

Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#cast #come #even #face #first

I woke in bits, like all children, piecemeal over the years. I discovered myself and the world, and forgot them, and discovered them again. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#bits #children #discovered #forgot #i

I'm drawn to almost any piece of writing with the words 'divine love' and 'impeachment' in the first sentence. But I know the word 'divine' makes many progressive people run screaming for their cute little lives, and so one hesitates to use it. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#any #cute #divine #divine love #drawn

I just asked myself, what piece of that man's soul did he just chew off and swallow to get next week's assignment? You know, just to live, just to work as an artist, or to feed the family? ↗

— Paul Haggis

#asked #assignment #chew #did #family

Once you get rid of integrity the rest is a piece of cake. ↗

— Larry Hagman

#get #integrity #once #piece #rest

The weakness of ourselves and of our reason makes us see flaws in beauties by making us consider everything piece by piece. ↗

— Johann Georg Hamann

#consider #everything #flaws #makes #making

If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment. ↗

— Tom Hanks

#comedies #commerce #fulfillment #look #looking

The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and influence their actions. A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life. ↗

— John Hannah

#actions #along #baggage #business #carry