Act Quote by Howard Shore

Composing is an extension of my being, skills and knowledge.

— KK

Composing means you have a beginning, middle and end and a fluidity to what you're doing.

— Sandra Bullock

When you compose, it's like writing. You're like a writer. You just think all the time.

— Alexandre Desplat

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

— Arnold Schoenberg

Composing is an emotional thing.

— Ilaiyaraaja

All of your experience comes into play when you're composing.

— Terry Bozzio

Composing is like driving down a foggy road.

— Benjamin Britten

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.

— Henry David Thoreau

When I am composing, I try to clear my mind of having to publish, or having to sell a book or find readers. That…

— Maxine Hong Kingston

Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills…

— Liz Phair

...I think of improvising as composing - fo me it's all about playing melodies. When I improvise, there's not a lot of real thinking…

— Robben Ford

I have always thought of myself as a writer, only because I need things to direct, and I can't not write the things that…

— David Lowery