Quotes About Creativity

I got to work with John Lennon. That was pretty cool.

I wish that I'd written John Lennon's 'Imagine.'

I want to make an impact on people. Like John Lennon writing 'Imagine,' a song that changes an entire generation of people.

Lenny Kravitz is one of my favorite musical artists.

I don't sing. I played guitar for a while. I'm not great, I'm not Lenny Kravitz by any means, but I do like to strum.

Design has always been a driving force in my life: it's the lens through which I experience the world.

For my first book, 'New York,' I had one camera and two lenses. It was fotografia povera.

That's one of the best things about the RED ONE - I can use all the best lenses that have been used in film forever.

There have been lots of attempts to make a movie of 'Les Miserables' over the years.

At the end of the day, the less money you have, the easier it is to make a movie.

I have to say that the biggest lesson I have learned is to find your way to stand out.

I took acting lessons when I was 19, 20, and I had my writing.

My playing is all about feel. I'm completely self taught: I never took any lessons or anything.

Teaching the guitar is a constant source of inspiration. I sometimes think I get more out of the lessons than my students.

I never wanted to be anything but a writer, and I never let go of it.

It's good to let go of control. That's probably something all artists and song writers will say at some point.

When I am on stage, I feel completely free and just want to let go.

There's no writers room, or any other writer involved. I write everything from beginning to end. Maybe it's just me not being able to let go of something, especially with 'Peaky.'

Let go of the idea that somehow you can outsmart a first draft. Because I have never met anybody who can.

My mother set us to an activity and let us be.

Expectations are kind of lethal for art, I think.

Every one of his characters has their own idea, their own thing they want to express. Dostoevsky just lets them do it.

I did 'Love Letter' and 'Write Me Back,' and those were fun albums for me to do because they took me back to music I love.

My songs are just little letters to me.