I think anything that is expressed directly and as honestly as possible will last.

I find it enormously valuable to be sure that that the pacing is what I think it is and that the scenes have the shape I think they have musically and dramatically.

You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.

I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.

It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.

I think I should have been an aesthetician, honestly.