Quotes About Creativity

If you're an aspiring show maker, and you have the means to sit around for a few months, you should be making funny cartoons and uploading them to the internet.

Bollywood is a business more than an art industry. One has to play the game others play to carve your own path.

When the band first started, it was so much about carving out some space for myself and our audience and our songs.

I think in most cases, when you're writing a song, you're just making up a little story, and you're not really thinking about making a point one way or another about it. You're just coming up with a little scenario and seeing it through, and that's it.

I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film.

All throughout Cash Money, I never abandoned the SP 1200. At the end of the day, I still use my SP 1200 'cause I like the way the drums sound.

I particularly remember with 'Casino,' everyone was like, 'It's not 'Goodfellas!'' No, it's not 'Goodfellas.' That's right: it's a different movie. Now, everyone thinks 'Casino' is a masterpiece.

Sometimes we'd just play acoustic guitar and try out the parts and make a library. We'd use a double cassette player and make little edits.

When I write songs, it's just me and a cassette player - or at least it used to be before smartphones - to quickly record a basic idea.

My respect for animation has gone way up. It's a truckload of work. I have to sit with my animators the same way I'd sit with my actors and cast them.

I think with animation there's a certain freedom that you're given. You don't have a thought at the back of your mind, that worry that you'll have to cut and go back to the top of the scene. You're not working with anyone else from the cast. It's just you.

Great actors help. Every project is different. Sometimes it's completely open, and I've been able to cast who I've wanted. And then sometimes people want a certain kind of actor.

I don't like the sterility of the casting office.

I'll write a character with a certain actor in mind, but then once I start casting, I have to forget about who I pictured.

Casting is an art, and if you're interested in people, like I am, casting is essential.

Writing is my main interest; it is where my heart is. I always want to continue writing. Apart from that, I enjoy casting and hopefully want to direct too.

It's a very dull thing to watch, a writer at work. So dull that whole casts of characters show up just to watch the boring writer writing.

I like to be the best version of myself. I really love to dress well, even for a casual family get-together. In fact, before I go to bed, I imagine what I'll wear the next day!

What's the big deal if I dress casually and dance in my backyard.

That's one of my favorite Matador records: Cat Power, 'You Are Free.'

Miss Minutes was inspired a bit by Felix the Cat, and cartoons of that era.

I've had pieces in my catalog that kind of amble along, that really never go anywhere, but are known and liked.

I just want to leave this world with a massive catalog of songs.

We're so blessed to have an amazing catalog.