Quotes About Creativity

Life would be much easier if I just wrote the same book over and over again. But I'm not interested in doing that.

I am not interested in telling you what to think. My job is to show you what I think. Period.

I don't want to make an 'Animal House.' I'm not interested in making 'Ghost Busters.'

Couldn't imagine any other way of living, outside of books, outside my work. Which doesn't mean I am not interested in other things, of course - I am interested in many things. But the center, the crux, is always literature.

I don't look at my old work. I mean, they made nice books; the books were made without me, the one from last year and the one from this year. I - personally, I'm not interested in my own past. I'm only interested in today - perhaps tomorrow.

I'm always interested in projects. Whatever I do, I'm interested in the color of the material. I'm not interested in who's making it. I'm more concentrated on the work.

I'm not interested in how well someone can sing. It's what you're singing that interests me.

I am not interested in churning out a certain number of films every year. For me, it's about the quality of work. I think it's about following your instincts and doing a film for the right reason.

Sometimes I felt like my columns were like little novels in themselves. But I wasn't writing what I believed. I'm not interested in what I believe.

I'm not interested in putting naturalism on stage - I want passion.

Every government secretary of state or minister should jolly well go to the theatre, go to a concert, go to an art gallery, go to a museum, become somehow interested in these things. If they're not interested, they shouldn't be in government, full stop.

I'm not interested in running around from one shoot to another.

I like clothes. And I think it's OK to think about clothes just so long as you also think about other things. I'm not interested in clothes to the point where they'll push other things out of my mind; I just see them as a way of expressing yourself, and a pleasure, really.

I'm not interested in anything besides making some good music, helping some artists, being an executive. I'm pretty happy with that.

I'm not interested in making an album that's just dark and pummelling for an hour, nor am I interested in making a beatless record from start to finish.

I'm not interested in creating a self-aggrandizing home base for myself, for my artistic foibles and interests.

I'm not building gyms. I'm not interested in building football fields or doing football camps. I'm interested in doing film camps and coding camps.

I'm not interested in the what-do-you-do-for-a-living questions.

My methodology is not knowing what I'm doing and making that work for me.

I didn't know how to play lead guitar. There was a freedom in not knowing how to do it.

I love starting a track in one place and not knowing where it's going to end up.

That's what I'm interested in: the space in between, the moment of imagining what is possible and yet not knowing what that is.

Sometimes, not knowing what you're doing allows you to do things you never knew you could do.

I will literally open my mouth not knowing what is coming out.