Have a short story feature two situations, and then let them solve each other.
What the hell do you want to work for somebody else for? Work for yourself!
Life is a lot like jazz. . . it's best when you improvise.
True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.
Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation.
The composer does not sit around and wait for an inspiration to walk up and introduce itself…Making music is actually little else than a matter of invention aided and abetted by emotion. In composing we combine what we know of music with what we feel.
I like to think of music as an emotional science.
Law without education is a dead letter. With education the needed law follows without effort and, of course, with power to execute itself; indeed, it seems to execute itself.
They're called Virgin Trains because they don't go all the way.
Even if your body doesn't work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.
Youngsters are the most discerning audience. They want entertainment, they want issues.