Quotes About Creative

I'm very hands on with my music - I do all the artwork and everything myself - and the songs I write aren't necessarily the most commercial.

I found the writing arena to be much less competitive.

The only way for me to compose is intensively. To pick at it over a long period doesn't seem to work.

When you think of Mitch Leigh as a businessman, remember he's also a composer. And when you think of Mitch Leigh as a composer, remember he's also a businessman.

It's a very fun project as a composer to work on a movie that has music in its core.

In TV, there's so much compromise, it does start to grate a bit. But if you're a writer or an actor, it really is the place to be.

I'm just a little artsy-fartsy computer dude.

There's been Hollywood interest in a lot of the stuff that I've done, but Descender's felt different right from the start for whatever reason. I don't know if that's because a lot of my other stuff's a little more idiosyncratic, and 'Descender' has a bit more of a high concept to it.

My approach to portraiture is conceptual.

I'm a very conceptual writer.

This is the problem I have: I write a play and I give it to a director and they say, 'I'll do it one condition: if you play the role.'

The British cinema had been very dull and conformist.

I surround myself with bizarre people. They're more fun to write about.

I like being surrounded by people who have very little fear and very little respect for the past - not in a negative way, but in a positive way. They appreciate everything that's been done, but they constantly look for how to do it better.

I write in my pajamas on my sofa surrounded by my cats. It's a bit isolating.

There's no lack of talent out there. I suspect there is a lack of creative guidance, and that would not be solely the responsibility of a director but also a producer.

After Pixar's 2006 merger with the Walt Disney Company, its CEO, Bob Iger, asked me, chief creative officer John Lasseter, and other Pixar senior managers to help him revive Disney Animation Studios. The success of our efforts prompted me to share my thinking on how to build a sustainable creative organization.

The film director, in many instances, has to swallow somebody else's decision about the final form of something. It's so hard as to be intolerable.

Since the big band started I'm just always swamped with movies and things. It certainly pays the bills and it's very satisfying, because I get to write all these big charts and all this crazy music.

You make one solo album, and some people swear you're about to leave the band or there are creative differences.

The geographical location of Sweden and, therefore, short growing season meant that the range of produce is not as abundant like say France, Italy or Spain. This influenced the cooking culture and forced cooks to be creative with a handful of ingredients. It's a very modern way of cooking.

Animation is incredibly difficult - much like doing a giant sweeping fantasy novel.

I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here.

Our experience with Marvel has been amazing, and we really do feel like we're in our creative sweet spot there.