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The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes", And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be "No."
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So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
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When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.
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The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.
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Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look, today's fantastic story is tomorrow's fact.
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The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.
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I can write better than anyone who can write faster,
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If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster
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While moral rules may be propounded by authority the fact that these were so propounded would not validate them.
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The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.
