Creative Process Quotes

"Bad artists copy. Good artists steal. " "When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it." "When you’re first thinking through an idea, it’s important not to get bogged down in complexity. Thinking simply and clearly, is hard to do." "The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense." "I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them. " "And what is wonderful about movies is that once they’re done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it’s what they see. That’s where my head is at." "There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery." "My comedy is different every time I do it. I just throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks." "I need to have a bit of distance from the way I personally feel about things in order to stay fresh as an actor" "My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot" "As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process" "When you have a good script, you're almost in more trouble than if you have a terrible script" "All movies are alchemy and time is the crucible." "I found that I had to find a way to protect myself because writing is a very vulnerable position." "I'm drawn to furniture design as complete architecture on a minor scale" "The thing that kept me from being a writer was writers' block" "Yes, money is important. But it's all about the creative process" "Critique by creating." "I’ve always been interested in the concept that every film is a puzzle to be solved" "Any relationship I've ever been in, any heartbreak, has been used by one incredible writer to write a new thing about terrorizing me and who I am"