Gavin Bryars Quotes
I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put my name to as a composer.
Quotes to Explore
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When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started writing plays, and for many years I thought I would be a playwright.
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The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway.
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When I'm on stage, I know exactly where I am. It's not an ego thing or anything like that, but I am more in my body and aware of myself and aware of what I'm doing, and I feel more from that, from sharing the music.
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The first thing my writing ever earned me wasn't an advance on a book; it wasn't a fee for an article or anything like that. It was, in fact, a residency at Hedgebrook Farm.
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Occasionally, if I am very confident in the establishment, I'll risk an egg salad on Dutch crunch, but I must be very confident indeed.
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I guess, for better or for worse, I am an American composer, and I've had a wonderful life being exactly that.
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I don't have any office; I can write everywhere. So, I put a piece of paper on the table, and then I travel. Literally, writing for me is like travelling. It's getting out of myself and living another life - maybe a better life.
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I am the original 'Material Girl.'
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I'm happier on the runway than I am on the red carpet. Because then I am not being myself. I think, on the red carpet, it's a weird, like, 'Who am I? Am I me? Am I them?'
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When you're writing a book, you don't really think about it critically. You don't want to know too well what you're doing. First, you write the book, then you find the justification for it.
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Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.
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Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.
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I'm basically a know-it-all, and I'm writing a book about it. I want it to be called 'Danson on Water' and have me on the cover in this Christlike pose, standing on the water.
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I've always prided myself on being myself and trying to stick true to who I am and how I was raised.
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I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.
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Be aware of who in your life is actually interested in hearing you discuss your writing, and who's just asking to be polite. Listening to writers talk about their work is often excruciatingly dull.
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If I weren't a performer, I would be still be writing and songwriting. Plus, I also really want to get into producing.
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I never went to a university, and I am proud to say so because I don't think I have done too badly.
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When writing isn't going well-then the bad thing about being a writer is that I also have the freedom and flexibility to do something badly, and no one else can fix it for me.
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A notion for a story is for me a confluence of real events, historical perhaps, or from my own memory to create an exciting fusion.
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I've always been interested in photographing traditions and customs - especially in America. The prom is an American tradition, a rite of passage that has always been one of the most important rituals of American youth. It is a day in our lives that we never forget - a day full of hopes and dreams for our future.
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Violence and nonviolence are, after all, two different forms of theater. They both depend and thrive on the response of an audience.
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For some reason, I got really obsessed with Samuel Pepys and his diaries when I read them, and with that period. I was probably a man with a wig and a frock coat in a past life!
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I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put my name to as a composer.
