Big Quote by Alan Menken

Nothing's ever easy about composing for other people's projects, but I like it. I've been lucky to have worked with adventurous directors who trust…

— Oneohtrix Point Never

I'll always work with my collaborator in the room so I have a reaction on a note-by-note basis. I know in my gut when…

— Alan Menken

Composing is a slowed-down improvisation; often one cannot write fast enough to keep up with the stream of ideas.

— Arnold Schoenberg

Composing is sort of an intuitive act. You have to put yourself in the right frame of mind.

— Howard Shore

Nothing is easy in writing. I don't think for anyone. But dialogue is probably what comes most naturally to me.

— David Bezmozgis

Being in the studio is okay but sitting in a room by yourself composing is a discipline that takes a certain type of mind…

— James Young

It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don't do that. Ask my ex-wife.

— Dirk Benedict

Collaboration is a nice change of pace from the often solitary nature of the writer's craft.

— Edward M. Lerner

There's nothing better than having a collaborator that you have a great shorthand with and a great comfort with who's shepherding the project along.…

— David O. Russell

I like to know for whom I'm writing - it makes the composition easier to do.

— Lalo Schifrin

The more alone I am, the more focused I can get. I've written things with people, some of which I liked and others I…

— Alex Chilton

In a way, sometimes collaborating is more difficult because you have to listen.

— Mike Patton