{"author":"Dmitri Shostakovich","author_id":"Dmitri+Shostakovich","total_quotes":2,"quotes":[{"text":"When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something.","author":"Dmitri Shostakovich","tags":["despair","music"],"id":2399,"author_id":"Dmitri+Shostakovich"},{"text":"I'll admit that writing doesn't always come, but I'm totally against walking around looking at the sky when you're experiencing a block, waiting for inspiration to strike you. Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov didn't like each other and agreed on very few things, but they were of one opinion on this: you had to write constantly. If you can't write a major work, write minor trifles. If you can't write at all, orchestrate something.","author":"Dmitri Shostakovich","tags":["composer","music","writer-s-block"],"id":400972,"author_id":"Dmitri+Shostakovich"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":2,"pages":1}}