Beginning Quote by Sandra Bullock

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

— Howard Shore

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

— KK

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

— Arnold Schoenberg

Composing is like driving down a foggy road.

— Benjamin Britten

Composing is like making love to the future.

— Lukas Foss

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

— Alexandre Desplat

Composing is an emotional thing.

— Ilaiyaraaja

The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.

— Anonymous

Composing gives me great pleasure... there is nothing that surpasses the joy of creation, if only because through it one wins hours of self-forgetfulness,…

— Clara Schumann

When you're composing for somebody, that means you have a boss. You have to do what it takes to, at the end of the…

— Adrian Younge

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

— Lalo Schifrin

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