Quotes About Creativity

Without fail, the first question I am asked at any author event is, 'Are your books based on your real life?'

I know very well that one cannot become an author by just writing a book.

When I make a song, I actually literally talk to one person on purpose... I don't focus on, are people in Chicago gonna like this? Are people in Atlanta gonna like this? I think of one person who's a Too Short authority, who thinks I can't do any wrong, because I've customized all these songs for this one person.

Authors of books are not given very much control over the films that are made from their books.

I like working with authors who are a bit pesky.

There's a lot of young authors out there, and people do seem to forget: in order to write well, you do need to have some experience.

Some authors are quite happy - and have the time - to do it all themselves, which is great.

Most authors would love to see their characters made for the screen, especially one that's quite colourful.

My wife and I set up the business, we were always very open about it and had a business author's name as many authors do.

I wouldn't say that my songs are autobiographical.

Though my stories aren't autobiographical, I do sometimes use things from my life.

I am not an autobiographical writer.

I would like to do something autobiographical, set to music. I don't know how I'm going to do it, but I'm going to try.

My books aren't autobiographical.

All of my plays are deeply autobiographical. But it's not straight autobiography.

My father always told me I should be a writer, and I found I loved writing my autobiography; writing is such an interesting process.

I thought it would be more interesting to make a musical autobiography than an actual autobiography.

I think I do more fiction than autobiography.

I think that, as artists, all we can do is be who we are. I think that if we do that, then we're automatically not anyone else.

When you do stand-up, it's so autonomous: I can say anything.

If I had my druthers, I wouldn't have anyone's words in my script but my own, but if you want complete autonomy, just stick to novels.

The parts I enjoy playing aren't really available to me. So I have to write them.

My idea is that artists should make their music available for free, and fans should only pay for it if they really like it.

The avant-garde makes more sense to me.