Quotes About Creativity

I prefer a cluttered workspace.

I can write two scripts concurrently, but I usually prefer to do one at a time. However, I also usually have 5 or 6 story ideas that are percolating in my head at any one time, so it can get a little crowded in there.

People often ask me whether I prefer theater or film, and the answer is that I prefer the one I'm not doing: The grass is always greener.

You know, people sometimes say to me, 'Do you prefer to do this or that, act or do stand-up or write' but the thing that I enjoy most is the difference between all of them, because you're always learning. I don't go around thinking of myself as a great anything. I'm actually lucky to have the chance to fail at all of them.

I prefer black music in general.

Acting is a whole boatload of fun, but I prefer to do it on my own terms.

I like it when you have something happening by coincidence. Just something in a book is enough. But I prefer a fragment of an image so you are far more free to bring in elements of your own.

Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange.

I find great beauty in songs with a creative interpretation, but most people generally don't get that, and go for the simple songs, but I prefer something a bit more complicated, which is more meaningful to the creator.

I enjoy all aspects of it, I don't have a preference for any medium. I think each of them has its attractions and I would hope they each inform the other in some way.

I believe every photographer is influenced by their sexual preference in a greater or lesser way, and it certainly has affected me.

Even I have certain depictions that I personally don't like, but I don't believe artists should necessarily follow a particular person's preference. They should focus on the things they like and follow their own desires.

I do anchoring, but acting and dance is my first preference.

I never really wanted to be a singer. I always preferred to be behind the camera.

As a kid, I didn't drift into the comic world too much because I preferred to read fantasies novels and science fiction.

I really preferred the characters I could totally create by myself, because I always think of myself as an actor first.

Those that know me know that I'm not 100% in love with commercial pop music. It's not my preferred genre - I don't do squeaky clean pop.

Growing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends.

I don't like directing a lot of people. So trying to keep things really simple and elegant is my preferred way of working.

There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of rushed to the conclusion of most of the songs. I just would've preferred to done them over.

I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.

I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.

I've always preferred being behind the camera.

I used to start at about 10 at night and work until early morning. My preferred way to work is to start in the early afternoon and work until about 3, go do errands, have dinner, and then write for a few more hours in the evening.