People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular.

Please write music like Wagner only louder.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods there is rapture in the lonely shore there is society where none intrudes by the deep sea and music in its roar I love not Man the less but Nature more.

Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.

Those who have virtue always in their mouths and neglect it in practice are like a harp which emits a sound pleasing to others while itself is insensible of the music.

Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.

To me the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about but the inner music that words make.

Close friends contribute to our personal growth. They also contribute to our personal pleasure making the music sound sweeter the wine taste richer the laughter ring louder because they are there.

When I was a kid I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.

I'm really proud of 'Moneyball.' To me it's about feeling pride in a movie I made. I think when I'm an old man I'll be able to show it to my grandkids with pride. That's all I can really go for: making movies to please me.