And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation.
Why get up in the morning unless you’re going to have an adventure?
I want to go and write music that announces to you that you can feel something. I don’t want to tell you what to feel, but I just want you to have the possibility of feeling something.
A good score should have a point of view all of its own. It should transcend all that has gone before, stand on its own two feet and still serve the movie. A great soundtrack is all about communicating with the audience, but we all try to bring something extra to the movie that is not entirely evident on screen.
As the seconds of our lives are ticking away, you have to realize that life needs to be an adventure.
I've spent my life trying to make things simpler. Because I find ultimately that complicated doesn't reach the heart.
You're going to fail a few times, because that is the only time you actually learn something.
A soft answer breaks the rage, a tough answer encourage the fury.
Before you lost your mind, how did you make a living?" "I was a hitman for the Mafia. Are you done crying yet?" "I wasn't crying! And I wish you were a hitman because, if I had money, I'd hire you right this minute to knock yourself off.
It is all very well planning what you will do in six months, what you will do in a year, but it’s no good at all if you don’t have a plan for tomorrow.
I am more convinced than ever that a lively two party system is essential to our democracy.