Quotes About Creation

God does arithmetic.

Out of all of the things I've written, 'Dot' was the quickest from first thoughts to full production.

It's such a drag to make a movie.

I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw.

I've always dreamed of creating my own show.

I really believe in dreaming and making things from nothing.

My aim is to create the perfect dress!

Our dresses take a long time to make.

When I first drew him I had eyes in there and it didn't look right.

I am never driven. Every film I've made has been an assignment.

I leave the story room to grow into what the movie is driving me to do.

In a way, I don't create anything; I just open myself to the character, and the character takes over. Of course, I'm aware of it, and I'm driving it, but I don't try to control it. If I try to control it, it goes wrong.

I grew up mostly in Schenectady, N.Y. From an early age, building and creating things was a real passion for me.

I like to produce something every day. The easiest way to get ideas out is to put them on paper. I like to sit back at the end of every day and think, 'I created that today.'

The easiest part is growing something from nothing because there's no expectations.

Great opportunities can be and have been created during tough economic times.

Seeing the first edit is the worst.

I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.

Every artist knows the songs that come out naturally, almost effortlessly, are the songs that do the most.

I just want my work to be part of the elemental world.

I want to have an empire. I want to make my own stuff.

I have never made a game that wasn't explicitly about empowering players to tell their own story.

You create a proto-human being out of people that you've encountered in your life, and you start building up this person and start becoming this person.

I think I try to look at all my films and break them down because, at the end of the day, it's about creating characters that you like.