As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don't want to write about anybody I don't care about.
Peace means loyalty to self. . . . And loyalty to one's self means never a gap between thought, speech, act.
I own my life. And only mine. And so I shall appreciate my person. And so I shall make proper use of myself.
As soon as you take out a pencil and paper with the Indians, you're one thing to them - an anthropologist - and what they tell to anthropologists is always distorted.
I like bringing little subtle complexities to a character. It's all about the subtext. No one can really describe or fully know another human being, even if they get a hook on them. It's more about instinctively knowing whether you like somebody or not.
Experience is of particulars only.
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.
If we take judging ourselves and others out of our life, we will mostly be living in paradise.