Quotes About Creativity

I don't chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody.

You start to compete with yourself when your catalog gets bigger and bigger... I mean, everybody wants the next 'Bless the Broken Road,' but you don't write those every day, so it's difficult.

Playing acoustic and line drawings are the two things I'm most competent at.

It does make me sad that there's a lot of great songs out there, and they're not going to see the light of day because they're competing with these tailgate songs.

I've never really thought about competing with cartoons. If it ever gets to that point, then just shoot me.

I am not competing to be an athlete. I make music.

No, there's not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody's working their own style.

Competition is all in numbers; it's a numbers game, but I looked at it like it's a passion, and it's art.

If you spend your time thinking about competition, you're not accomplishing much.

I was always talking about what I could and would do, and you would always make rhymes about the competion even though we werent thinking about competition.

If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best.

I feel like Canadian movies should be as good or better than the competition because of the talent we have here.

I was always active on stage - taking part in dance competitions, skits, and plays.

Art is competitive.

I love it when I start a book that is so good that all I want to do is get back to my own writing, in a competitive way.

Theater is such a collaborative art. Hollywood is a competitive sport.

I don't think that my job requires me to be competitive at all. I'm in my office by myself, or I'm in my writers' room with my people. I've chosen a job in which there's no competition allowed. It's probably best for everyone.

The entertainment industry is one of the areas where we have a competitive advantage over other nations.

Ultimately, our competitive advantage is that we're the most creator-first company on the planet.

With my own work, I've always tried at least to wake people up and shake them out of their complacency. And that's always easier if I'm working with an artist who really has something to say.

We actors are fortunate people, getting paid to do what we love - it's like getting paid to eat cake! There isn't much to complain about. In fact, on the days I have an off, I'm constantly telling my friends how I want to be on the sets because I miss it already.

Anytime you're the creative force behind something and in front of the camera - we're not complaining, but it is an avalanche of work.

For a long time, I couldn't tell somebody how I felt or I couldn't talk about my problems because I felt like I was complaining. Writing would help me or it would be like, I can't tell you how I feel, but I can play you a song.

It's a luxurious complaint to have as an actor, but playing the same character for many years can become routine.