Quotes About Artistic

I never see a novel as a film while I'm writing it. Mostly because novels and films are so different, and I'm such an internal novelist.

My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do.

Sometimes I ask myself if writing novels is even respectable.

There's kind of a cool feel that happens every now and then. I guess that feel is the thing that makes the score its own score. But, I don't know exactly what that is. So, it's hard for me to answer that question.

I'm not really a professional composer; I just compose now and then when someone asks me to.

I find N.Y. very inspiring; there is an amazing energy and flow of creativity in N.Y. like nowhere else.

I know feeling pressure gets you nowhere creatively. You've just got to understand the character, understand the story, and just play it to the fullest extent.

My place in Scotland is in the middle of nowhere, so you've just got a keyboard, guitar, a little drum machine and you know if you can work stuff out like that, if you can hammer out songs that sound good just with those three things and a voice, you're on your way.

There are values on Broadway that are dangerous: it's got to be Best Musical, it's got to make money, it's got to run a certain amount of time. Nowhere in this, of course, is there any mention of quality.

Many filmmakers have had that experience. They make a movie, then out of nowhere, they either pass censorship or fail.

The artistic world is one of high nuance.

'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is my number one biggest influence artistically in every way.

I was always extremely creative. I was very artistic and never strong with numbers or science. I wanted to be an artist or a fashion designer. I wanted to be something that allowed for a lot of imagination.

The fact that we were encouraged to follow our conscience and not to follow the crowds - that's something I really miss. On the other hand, there were things that drove me nuts in the '60s. There was an aspect of the hippie movement that everyone is an artist, which is lethal.

I loved character actresses like Julie Walters and Alison Steadman, films like 'Nuts in May' and 'Educating Rita.' And I never get tired of watching Larry David and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.'

Art is the objectification of feeling.

I think I started out trying to be very objective about the flow of the play.

Truly huge artistic collaboration on the Internet seems to work only if the gang has a well-defined objective.

I went out of my way to try not to be an artist, because I thought I would end up leading a miserable, obscure life. I tried to escape it for as long as I could, until I had to admit at 25 that that was my path.

One of the great joys of a creative life is that your observations and loose moments aren't lost forever; they live in your work.

I've always been really artistic. I went to an all-girls' private Catholic school, and one of their biggest things was musical theater. I became obsessed with that.

I was obsessed with the idea that no two sounds on 'Oxygene' should ever be exactly the same. I wanted a heartbeat feel, something human.

When I ask my parents, it's incredibly obvious I was going to have a creative career at an early age. I've been forever telling stories since I was very young.

If you believe that movies are alive and talking back to you, there's a point at which it's very obvious they're not finished.