Quotes About Creativity

Very seldom do I use white in my books.

When you write, you write out of your best self. Everything else drops away.

I try not to think too much about what the audience is thinking and what they think I should do. I'd be self-conscious if I did. Anyone becomes mannered if you think too much about what other people think.

It's tough for me to draw myself - usually way too self-critical.

I think one of the things that makes Arch Enemy so unique is that we're five musicians who are all super self-critical but also super-driven.

It is very easy to make an art film. They are an exercise in self-deception.

Self-doubt kills talent.

For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.

Sometimes you can't write a novel for weeks and weeks, but it's good for your self-esteem to work on something else.

My interest lies in my self-expression - what's inside of me - not what I'm in.

I'm a bit of a strange human being - I love to work. I love art. I love self-expression.

People are really seeing that drag is an art form, that it's so much more than self-expression.

My brand is about self-expression and doing things authentic to me and not to make money.

I actually really wish I had written 'The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying' as an unreliably narrated novel that is also a self-help book.

I do want to say the process of writing a novel is riddled with self-doubt and self-loathing.

I think everyone should be creative in some way, otherwise you have no self-respect. That's why I believe in women working.

At some point, I'd like to make a record that's more of a self-serving guitar album, because I really love to play. It's not really something I'd expect a whole lot of people to buy, though.

I got my style. I got my own way of playing. I'm a musician. I'm self-taught.

I write from my life, my experience. I'm selfish that way.

I'm very selfish in that I make music for myself, not for other people; I kind of only think about other people afterwards when it's out.

I just make music that I love. I'm kind of selfish when I make music. I'm like, 'Do I like this?'

When you first sit down to write songs, you have to be selfish.

At a certain time in your career you can't share your time with anyone else. You have to be completely selfish - so that you can write your music.

Creative things have to sell to get acknowledged as such.