Quotes About Creativity

Sometimes, you write things that sound really great when you're at home but don't work when you shine the light of an audience on them. Great writing and live writing are two separate things.

I would love to be a part of an interesting, entertaining film in which I shine like never before.

Basically I feel like my role is to find great songs with the artists, for the artists, and have them shine.

When you write, what's going on in your life shines through in the songs.

I feel a bit like a magpie attracted to shiny things.

As a massive fangirl myself, having people ship any of my characters is just beyond cool.

I've written songs for Shirley Bassey, Marianne Faithfull, and Linda Thompson. I sort of focus on these wonderful, aging divas. But maybe that's because I think I'm Christina Aguilera.

I always love long shirt dresses with hand painting on it. It's just wonderful.

Why isn't there any 50-year-old MCs killing it? I'm 46. Am I the only one? I can't wait to get to 50. I'm going to let everybody know it! I'm going to wear a shirt that says 'I'm 50.'

My goal isn't to shock.

We're not trying to shock people with our image.

It's no longer possible to find something which will shock other people, because everything has already been done.

I like shocking, but I don't like to shock as an automatic process. Sometimes it happens, but it's not my main drive.

I like how hip-hop is just shocking and fun.

What you don't think when you sit down to write a show is, 'How can I be shocking?' That question isn't interesting, it's all about, 'Is this funny, does it work?'

You can wear a beautiful black dress that you've maybe had for years, but if you wear a fun shoe, you can completely change it. Wear something different, something sexy, something strappy, or something with pom poms.

When I was in high school, I was thinking about getting ideas and making my first shoe, how it would be, and what brand it would be.

My wife will go, 'You know, you're drawing a shoe right now.' I do that all the time.

As a writer, it is always fun to imagine yourself in someone else's shoes.

I don't have to live the lives of my characters to write about them. It's about really putting yourself in their shoes.

I put everything I think is sexy into my shoes.

I am very bad at drawing. Seriously. I can draw shoes. That's about it.

Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round.

I'm one of those actors who is going to come in with 2,500 ideas. You can shoot down 2,499, but one of them you're going to like.