As opposed to being on the Internet, there's something really nice about reading a book or talking to authors.

I get all my good ideas sort of at one o' clock in the morning, and I tried for a while to behave like normal people.

You're going to fail a few times, because that is the only time you actually learn something.

I'm a geek and I'm a nerd, and I can listen into any piece of music. I think, I can usually tell you what orchestra it was, I can usually tell you what hall it was in. I can tell you, obviously who the conductor was, and who the composer was.

I've spent my life trying to make things simpler. Because I find ultimately that complicated doesn't reach the heart.

The main thing the composer needs to do is it needs to remember that the director is there to cheer you on. The director wants you to succeed because if you succeed, you'll be helping the film. And they are truly your conscience. And they're truly your guide.

The challenge in scoring a sequel is, how do you not get bored? The only way around that one is to go, "Okay, let's throw everything out that we had before and let's just see it as an autonomous movie, and let's just start again."