Quotes About Creativity

I just do what I do. It's not something that should be revered as something that's great.

I can work with both the old, revered filmmakers and new directors. It is amazing how they see me in their world, and then I adapt accordingly.

Shorter work - personal essays and book reviews - allow me to take a break from working on a book, which is good for the book and for its author.

If you make a good show, you tend to get good reviews. I don't believe it is as arbitrary as some people tend to think, which artists do to protect themselves against bad reviews.

At the end of the day, I would love for the artists that I give positive reviews to to continue coming out with music. That's ultimately what I want as a fan.

I hate editing. I love to write, but I hate to reread my stuff. To revise.

I write first drafts by hand, often out of the house somewhere, and then, when I've got a draft, type it up and let it sit, sometimes for a long time, and then when I'm ready, I work on revision.

Sometimes art is ahead of revolution.

I think there's very little interesting in art that is not transgressive in some way. And I don't think that's a very revolutionary thing to say.

Whatever content you create, let it revolve around your interests. You shouldn't create things just because you think other people want to watch it.

My life revolves around music.

I think, at the end of the day, that was really what the reward for production is for me, is being allowed to be a part of somebody else's musical vision for a while. Like Gwar. I got to do a Gwar record, right? That was great.

I hope that subsidised theatres continue to be rewarded for the wonder of talent they provide to this industry, on stage and off.

Out of all the artistic things I do, music is the most rewarding because it's so hard to write songs.

The actor's life isn't for everyone, but it has been extremely rewarding to me.

Both singing and acting are so rewarding that I couldn't pick between the two.

Being the only writer on a successful show is very rewarding.

It's so rewarding being on radio, especially because it's not about what you look like at all. And I love comedy, so it's very exciting.

When you're doing something you love to do, when you have a gift, it's the most rewarding thing.

When I write something, I constantly rewrite.

I write 1,000-1,500 words. The next day, I rewrite it and add 1,000-1,500 words to the end of it.

Particularly in my early days, I did very little rewriting.

You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics.

I've been writing since I was five years old. I used to write poetry, and I loved to rhyme.