I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
You either are or you're not.
There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it's not just a collection of notes.
My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles.