Compose Quote by Ned Rorem

Write first, worry later.

— David Farr

Never compose anything unless the not composing of it becomes a positive nuisance to you.

— Gustav Holst

The way to compose for me is to have lots of time.

— Eberhard Weber

Madam, you ask me how I compose. I compose sitting down.

— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Write. Don't think. Relax.

— Ray Bradbury

Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now.

— Ernest Hemingway

I find it very difficult to compose when I'm not playing.

— Chuck Mangione

You can't slot a time and a space and think 'ok now it's time to sit and compose.' It just doesn't work like that…

— Gopi Sundar

I am slow. A sentence often takes an hour to compose before I throw it out. What can you do?

— Edith Pearlman

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

— Alexandre Desplat

Do not fret about the coming hour. Do not worry about the pasted hour. Only focus on this hour.

— Ana Warden

I put second things first, and then worry about first things.

— Mason Cooley