I began to write a kind of waltz and in a little more than an hour I had the theme written.

With Hitchcock I had little relationship. I was called to replace Bernard Herrmann, his favorite composer, in Torn Curtain, after the bitter fight between them.

For Ryan's Daughter I used a total of eight harps, something that was, at least, weird.

Soon I worked during twelve years in theater works of the prestigious Theatre National Populaire. It was the best time of my life, the most difficult, the most interesting, the most exciting.

My parents did not have any interest in music.

But, yes, now I wouldn't do some of those soundtracks the way I did them.

A Passage to India. It is my favourite movie.

I began to write a kind of waltz and in a little more than an hour I had the theme written.

Nowadays, if a studio assumes that his film is bad, there is always an executive that gets more nervous than usual and thinks that if they change the music, the film will become a masterpiece.

When I was 15, I did not know nothing about what concerned the world of music.

In that long sequence, when Lawrence enters in the desert to rescue a lost man, Lean listened the music I wrote and wanted to extend the scene to let my work stay completely.

Some months ago, while I was preparing a new work, I told a young cinema executive my intention of including in a soundtrack two themes from Bach. But when he asked me which has been the last hit from that Bach?, then I knew that I had no longer place in cinema.

The idea in The Man that Would Be King was that the music should recreate all that majestic surrounding and emphasize the adventure, but also speak about the frustration or, rather said, the curse of both protagonists, even before happened what happens them.

I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.

'Lovelace' was really great. I got to work with the wonderful Amanda Seyfried, Hank Azaria and Peter Sarsgaard, so it can't get no better than that, right? I had a blast, and the film is a very, very well put together movie - from the director to the writing the cast.

I like poems that inspire, that make us think and reflect. It's like putting love into the world for whoever picks it up.

I'm a real dumb-dumb in real life. I'm just book smart. But definitely not street smart. The other day I lost my jacket in a cab. And I'll forget things every time I leave the house.

Mr. President, the buzz saw that your healthcare bill ran into wasn't lobbyists and special interests it was tens of millions of American's who were saying, 'Stop!'

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

Every ass loves to hear himself bray.

And I'm going to work as hard as I can... for cancer research and hopefully, maybe, we'll have some cures and some breakthroughs. I'd like to think I'm going to fight my brains out to be back here again next year for the Arthur Ashe recipient. I want to give it next year!

Art used to be made in the name of faith. We made cathedrals, we made stained-glass windows, we made murals.

Venture capital is always wanting to go up market.

Typically, students slide into debt through the extension (by credit card companies) of unaffordable credit lines.

There are notes between notes, you know.

China has created very good investment tools, including an entire network of very large funds. The Russian Private Investment Fund works with some of those funds, with China's largest investment funds.

That's what I used to enjoy so much: Bringing a record home, having it arrive in the mailbox. Having the whole experience of hearing it as you're holding it and looking at it and reading the liner notes, if they're anything.

I've found that when the market's going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy.

True religion has a universal quality. It does not find fault with other religions. False religions will find fault with other religions; they will say that theirs is the only valid religion and their prophet is the only saviour. But a true religion will feel that all the prophets are saviours of mankind.

I believe in delegating power.

I don't believe in kicking away ladders. By that, I mean the ladders by which I ascended as a young writer, small magazines that didn't pay anything, and that sort of thing.

Now people all across America are starting to believe in America again. We are coming back, back to the heights of greatness, back to America's proud role as a temple of justice and a champion of peace.

I think I am one of the smallest surviving brands.

What I like most about directing is creating a world more so than anything. To me, the music is the wrapping paper on that world.

On my team, we prioritize merits over politics.

You can never protect yourself 100%. What you do is protect yourself as much as possible and mitigate risk to an acceptable degree. You can never remove all risk.

I always look forward to the next project. That is one of the wonderful things about architecture - you always can hope for another project to design.