David Shields Quotes

I worry that I am not really a person anymore: I'm more of just a writing machine. I wonder what that has done to either my life and or my art.

David Shields

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I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range.

Edgard Varese
- Work
- Important
- High
It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

Napoleon Hill
- Life
- You
- Life Is A
When she was younger, my mother was quite committed to Roman Catholicism. But she got disillusioned with it and moved closer to something like Buddhist beliefs near the end of her life.

Ralph Fiennes
- Life
- She
- Mother
Writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' was a fun exercise in mixing just the right amount of the Bard with just the right amount of everyone's favorite galaxy far, far away.

Ian Doescher
- Writing
- Fun
- Star
I was at art school that had quite a celebrated film course as well. I tried for that film course when I was 18, but they said I was too young. I tried this audio and visual design course instead. Two years later, I reapplied for that higher course, but they said I was still too young and to try in five years.

Edgar Wright
- School
- Art
- Design
I try to have a normal life since I have an abnormal job.

D. B. Sweeney
- Life
- Job
- Try