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Of course Pluto is a planet: It's massive enough to have its shape controlled by gravity rather than material strength, which is the hallmark of planethood. ”
I might be too emotional to be a manager. You love your players, don't you? And I'm not sure I could leave them out. I know how it feels. ”
Classical music's ability to translate emotional themes is fantastic. ”
If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that. ”
You're creating a score that has to have an emotional and story logic to it. You want a dramatic arc. You want all the songs to push story forward. That's the same whether it's for stage or film or television or whatever. ”
The things I tend to do best are the things that are the most overtly emotional, whether it's sentimental or whether it's celebratory or whether it's conflicted. ”
Most things that I write are in very specific forms. A score will have a shape and profile, and then the more emotional and intimate moments will come. ”
Novels aren't pedagogical instruments, or instructions in law or physics or any other discipline. A novel has to be an emotional experience, a trip of the imagination, and because science has raised so many issues that concern and affect humans, it's a good starting place for me. ”
He's a million rubber bands in his resilience. ”
I've evolved in my writing to tell a more emotional story - my publisher, Random House, has urged that. ”