Quotes About Creativity

I started writing songs, I guess, when I was about 13 or 14, but I didn't know if they were good enough yet or anything.

Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing.

I do all of my good thinking at over 65 miles per hour. The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed.

Try not to become disappointed if someone doesn't like a story you've written. Stick up for your ideas, but listen to what other people say, too. They might have good advice.

I think one of the good things about writing novels is that you always start from scratch.

Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.

When I finish a picture I don't show it to anyone if I feel it's not good enough yet. I've learnt to listen to my partners and my friends. For me it's the biggest success if they like it.

Science fiction encourages us to explore... all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision.

I've come to realize that most good ideas are precisely the ones you can't describe.

There are too many brands. You can start your own brand from your bedroom. It's a good thing and a bad thing.

There are always at least five good films at the end of the year to get nominated, but generally speaking nowadays, it's more of the independent films that are recognized.

It was a style not of perfection, but warmth. Even mistakes had a good feeling about them

I invented 'It's a good thing' before you were even born.

When I was a kid, I needed to sing because it makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel good, period.

When the fad changed from folk to rock, they didn't take along any good writers.

Lyrics need to be good, but they don't need to be obvious right away.

My family was not an artistic family, but somewhere in my head, I thought I might be good at it. I don't know why I thought it. I had no evidence to think I might be good at it.

With good art, that's what happens - it comes directly out from inside of you almost instinctively.

Good ideas are free - or at least they should be.

Much to my surprise, there's a sense for people in the cable industry that fiction writers might actually be good at script writing. You can write dialogue!

I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor.

As long as I stay true to what I believe is a good movie and what is my vision, that's all I can do.

I'm a writer and writers either have good memories or nothing at all.

If you're writing a screenplay, you need to be prepared to let go: there's a good chance the words you write aren't going to be the ones that end up on screen.