Poetry is composing for the breath.
Peter Davison
The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.
T. S. Eliot
What I wanted and what I visualized while composing has not always been realized.
Gustav Mahler
My best film composing experience was with Elia Kazan.
Alex North
I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done.
Franz Schubert
I don't meditate before I play or compose, but I see playing and composing as meditative acts.
Steve Swallow
Composing music is hard work.
John Williams
I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.
Roscoe Mitchell
I don't always write in order, so composing multi-book stories could get complicated.
Erin Morgenstern