Quotes About Creativity

I really desperately want to write and direct my own movie.

When I was writing Shadow and Bone,' I really had no confidence as a writer. I had never finished a book before and I desperately wanted to finish a book for the first time.

I took Second City out of desperation, and that's what ended up working out. It shows that you should be doing a lot of different stuff, taking whatever opportunities are there, to see what works.

My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate.

I don't find myself so exercised by a desperation to be new.

I realize that the wish to write in a new language derives from a kind of desperation.

I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.

I'm not someone who feels that unless I am anxious or depressed, there will be no creative drive. My greatest desire in the world is that my desperation goes away, and I can be happy.

I'm impossible when a book is taking shape. Well, actually, I'm despicable.

I did like 'Despicable Me.' I thought it was quite good.

The biggest challenge for any craft person or artist is to accept the constraints of their medium and make something beautiful despite them. That's kind of fun, actually.

'Drama' was put together quickly; there were a lot of intense, 16-hour days. Despite the pressure, it was a lot of fun, and the end result was an album I'm very proud of.

I've never thought of myself as a writer. I still don't, despite all the writing I've done.

If you're dreaming up a dessert, you've got to remember to keep it well balanced.

Gooseberries aren't just for creamy desserts and pies.

I've always known when I start a story what the last line is. It's always been the case, since the first story I ever wrote. I don't know how it's going to get there, but I seem to need the destination. I need to know where I end up. It never changes, ever.

It's easier to destroy than it is to create, but I've always enjoyed the creative aspect of the game.

When I'm in the studio, I'm very cautious about it because if there's one thing that can destroy music being made, it's any sort of agenda, expectation and/or schedule, or any of that.

I don't stay in accent or anything, but internally, I get quite dark and destroy myself a little bit. But that's what I do, and I enjoy it. It's how I do my work.

I may have destroyed world culture, but MTV wouldn't exist today if it wasn't for me.

You can only be creative so long and then you're just down and out and completely destroyed.

What good is a writer if he can't destroy literature? And us... what good are we if we don't help as much as we can in that destruction?

Fear is a destruction of creativity.

I am an artist no matter what I do. I live for creativity. I think everyone should. It is the antithesis of being destructive.