“My attitude to writing is.. it's like when you do wallpapering, you know, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet, you think: "Oh my God that's horrible..."”

— Harrison Birtwistle

And then your friends come and say: "Who did this wallpapering? It's terrific!"
Interviewed by Dan Warburton, July 8, 1995. http://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/interviews/birtwistle.html

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