Quotes About Creativity

Whether it's books or TV, or whatever the case may be, the backbone of what I do is my restaurants.

I have perfected the art of the mean song to make me feel like I have a backbone.

Music is the backbone of my shows.

I don't know what will come my way but I will continue to tell stories that excite me. I feel human beings are same everywhere, they work from a gamut of emotions the rest is just backdrop.

Sometimes, if I don't write for a day or two, I get backed up - it's like constipation.

My family never had a business background. We are artistes.

The background of any artist is shaped by the first 15 years of his or her life.

Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write.

All great artists have some spiritual backing.

You've got to be able to think on your own; you've got to be creative. You can't be willing to take a backseat.

As an artist, you're pretty sheltered backstage. You often don't know what's going on out there.

One thing with Backstreet Boys, we never try to rush out an album. We always try to make quality music that can stand the test of time.

I like to write from scratch most of the time, but I like to have a backup plan just in case.

I write with my left hand even though I'm right-handed, I walk backwards in a very safe place - anything that engages your brain.

To come up with the ending to a story and then work backwards is like tying your shoe with one hand only.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

After getting off Bad Boy and then finally getting on with the Ruff Ryders/Interscope deal, it was like being able to exhale. The studio sessions were a lot different than the Bad Boy studio sessions. Like, we were able to just do anything we want.

There's a lot of people I take stuff from, and it's mostly bad guys in movies.

I think it's a very bad idea for someone to start writing for a readership.

You have to search for the best writer - I'm not saying I'm the one, but it's a bad idea to just find the person who is a copycat of Stieg Larsson.

Worst ideas? Me? Whatever do you mean? There are no bad ideas.

The only reason you make a movie is not to make or set out to do a good or a bad movie, it's just to see what you learn for the next one.

I don't watch the news too much, and I don't look too deep into bad news about artists.

Being lonely is not a bad thing for a writer.