SOON was the first novel where I used a rough outline. Usually I have characters

and an idea and write as a process of discovery. Like working without a net.
Jerry B. Jenkins

When people express what is most important to them, it often comes out in cliches. That doesn't make them laughable; it's something tender about them. As though in struggling to reach what's most personal about them they could only come up with what's most public.
Terrence Malick

If you're lucky, and a building succeeds, the real product has many more dimensions than you can ever imagine. You have the sun, the light, the rain, the birds, the feel.
Peter Zumthor

Ever since I was young, if somebody needs help, you help them out.
Manti Te'o

I was never a quick writer, but composed with great care and efforts.
Joseph Haydn

Sensual excess drives out pity in man.
Marquis de Sade

Dance music is great, but it's not a time to be reflective or particularly wistful.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Music in general is looking for something new overall.
Les Claypool

I can really waste a lot of time on the Internet.
Amy Brenneman

Re-investing in one's own little moments of insight is very important.
Anish Kapoor