Creativity

“The idea that the director pulls a performance, it’s not like that.”

“The invention of the game of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need.”

“I invent everything in my painting. And I stylize whatever it was that I saw or felt.”

“When you're writing a story, it often feels less like you're doing architecture and more like you're doing excavation—we're just unearthing it.”

“If I knew where the good songs came from I’d go there more often.”

“The filmmaking comes from God.”

“Drawing is the connecting tissue in my practice, a thinking tool that I use to align my art with poetry.”

“If the making of a movie is not a journey of discovery, I suspect it will be a dog.”

“My main talent is turning trauma into something that looks showbizzy.”

““...veo cómo podré sobresalir entre artistas nuevos fácilmente porque tengo más sentido de la composición y el color que la mayoría de ellos.””

“I just think it’s part of storytelling.”

“I still haven’t written my best song.”

“When you sit with your pen, every year of your life is right there, wired into the communication between your brain and your writing hand.”

“The only way for us to become great, and indeed—if this is possible—inimitable, is by imitating the ancients.”

““It is no small thing to achieve a painting that is decorative.””

“I believe in the freedom to create your own future.”

“The choice was between being true to my craft or prostituting myself.”

“I always thought it was fabulous to have given something of my art for someone to express themselves....”

“Since I started doing cinema I have been making one movie; I haven’t changed.”

“The relationship between memory and imagination is very mysterious.”