Quotes About Creativity

I don't write listening to music, and in a way it seems silly that any writer should have to explain why not, as it's possibly no different from saying you don't eat gourmet dinners or play tennis while you're at the keyboard.

Everybody's trying to repeat the past with the new network, with new devices and new tools. Why not make something brand-new?

You have laws to protect oil men, so why not artists?

When we talk about novels, we don't often talk about imagination. Why not? Does it seem too first grade? In reviews, you read about limpid prose, about the faithful reproduction of consciousness, about moral heft, but rarely about the power of pure, unadulterated imagination.

If makeup highlights and empowers my unique appeal, why not use it?

When we were first approached with the idea to do videos, we said why not. We used the things that we do in our lives in the videos.

Life's too short, you know? If you find something you love and that other people love, why not do it?

I have been so busy making people laugh with my acting, so I thought why not direct something and make my audience laugh more.

When you think about the industry, you think about people competing. You don't think about people getting together like, 'Let's do a record. Why not?' Especially R&B.

I began as a graphic designer. As part of my work, I created film symbols for ad campaigns. I happened to be working on the symbols for Otto Preminger's 'Carmen Jones' and 'The Man With The Golden Arm' and at some point, Otto and I just looked at each other and said, 'Why not make it move?' It was as simple as that.

If you want to wear a suit for no reason, why not?

If there is a possibility within a film to have a song in the music score that adds a little bit of zing to the music album, then why not utilise it?

People have used Crowley before, but we wanted to try and get a Crowley-reference song on the radio. We just wanted to have a go, and just try things. There was a kind of 'why not?' attitude.

I listen to records I made years ago and it takes me back to that time, so why not actually put a bit of the life that you're living at the time into the music?

If you're gonna steal from somebody, why not Shakespeare?

Yes I agree shows sometimes go over dramatic, hit tracks get repeated, but then why not also talk about the kind of interesting shows that the medium is churning?

I wake up every morning, and life is different. I've got a gig or a shoot. Flying here, flying there. Meeting wicked people. Going to amazing places. I'm relishing it.

My first band, Kid Wicked, we did half covers and half originals.

Fantasy for me as a kid was real, and I had a fantasy about what life was, whether it was sort of wicked and dire, or wholly normal, or whatever. Anything really close to home is not, it seems to me, what a good book should be about.

At 'Wicked,' they are really great about letting you make your own choices with the roles.

It would be wicked to do a mad '90s tune and make it a duet with Rihanna. I love her new album 'Anti.' I'm into quite dark R&B.

To be honest, I rewrote 'Wicked Nights' a number of times. I just wasn't happy with the end result.

Every afternoon, I shut the door of my bedroom to write: Poetry was secret, dangerous, wicked and delicious.

There's a lot going on music-wise in L.A. It's a wicked place to wake up, there's sunshine, you go to the studio, see all these really talented producers.