Quotes About Creation

Music will always be the heart and soul of a film, whether the film is star-driven or content-driven.

I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.

When I'm creating, that's my heaven. If I haven't designed something every day, it is a failed day - that's how much I love fashion.

There is nothing like a long, breezy walk on Dartmoor to make me feel I have arrived in heaven. The beauty of creation is all around and I feel closer to the creator Himself.

Uh, do I believe in evolution? I embrace the view that God created the heavens and the earth, the seas and all that's in them. The means that he used to do that, I can't say, but I do believe in that fundamental truth.

When you make a heavy record, there should be a point where you say you don't want to share it, but then maybe you come around.

Writing and directing, to me, was the logical evolution from my life as an actor: going from telling someone else's story to actually creating my own. Perhaps one day I will do all three: write, direct, and act in the same production. That might get a little hectic, though.

The universe began as an enormous breath being held. I am glad that it did... until this great exhalation is finished, my thoughts live on.

I actually think that's true, that we kind of create our own hell.

When you make your first film, there is a hell of a lot to think about, and you've got to have a gut understanding of your material.

I want my art to help people reimagine God.

Gianni created the whole thing. I came later and helped him.

I've helped create over 400 jobs in the worst economy of my lifetime. That's cool.

I don't cry. Well, you know, I think coming from an acting background that's really helped me because I more than anyone know that an actor creates a character.

So much of artistic creation is just exclusion. It's not creating things; it's just excluding things that really aren't going to be helpful.

But to be part of helping create a character and be a part of something from the beginning - the excitement of it - it doesn't get any better.

I'm just more excited about helping new entrepreneurs create the next Facebook or Google.

Our God who created all of us is the God who calls all of us to care for one another. I think that's going to be one of the big, big challenges of the future, helping refocus on the needs of others.

The good thing about helping an actor create a performance is, you really don't know how you're going to do it. It's a challenge every time you get to the set. That keeps the energy flowing all the time.

Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature's mandates.

'John Henry Days' was already half in the can before my first book came out, so I'd already started something that was big and sprawling - I just had to finish it.

The way I make something out of nothing, I got that from my mama. That's 100% her.

I'm fascinated by beautiful scenery and what we have here on this Earth.

I believe every actor is trying to create an identity for himself or herself. My first song did that for me. There can be no other 'Kaanta laga' girl... ever. And I love that.