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Tricks Quotes - Page 8

The trick is to compose what one wants to compose and to get it commissioned afterward.

The trick is to compose what one wants to compose and to get it commissioned afterward.

Igor Stravinsky, Robert Craft (1981). “Memories and Commentaries”, p.92, Univ of California Press

... shouldn't everything you do matter if you're bothering at all? Not to hold on when it's over, that's the trick.

Evelyn Keyes (1978). “Scarlett O'Hara's Younger Sister: My Lively Life in and Out of Hollywood”, Fawcett Books

It's true that some of us become better writers by living long enough. But this is also how we become worse writers. The trick is to die in between.

"Don DeLillo receiving honorary National Book Award". Interview with Hillel Italie, apnews.com. September 2, 2015.

All human existence is a trick of light.

Don DeLillo (2011). “The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories”, p.195, Simon and Schuster

Growing up in a business-orientated family meant that I naturally learnt the tricks of the trade.

"Anne Robinson: 'I was paid £300 a week for Points of View, now I'm worth £30m'". Interview with Roz Lewis, www.telegraph.co.uk. December 20, 2015.