Quotes by John Williams

So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying to have something you have done linger in people's memories.

Music is there for everybody. It's a river we can all put our cups into and drink it and be sustained by it.

To continue to work, to continue to love what you do, is certainly a contributing element to one's longevity and health.

Composing music is hard work.

I let it go. I have not looked at the 'Star Wars' films, and that's absolutely true.

You never write a theme for a movie thinking, "This will live forever."

When you think about Boston, Harvard and M.I.T. are the brains of the city, and its soul might be Faneuil Hall or the State House or the Old Church. But I think the pulsing, pounding heart of Boston is Fenway Park.

A man may live like a fool for a year, and become wise in a day.