Quotes about Creativity

If you want to make a statement, wear purple.

If you ask people where they go when they really need to get work done, very few will respond 'the office.' If they do say the office, they'll include a qualifier such as 'super-early in the morning before anyone gets in,' or 'I stay late at night after everyone's left,' or 'I sneak in on the weekend.'

Obviously I don't want to make a film that offends people, but the whole world is so politically correct - I'm not going to not do something because it may be politically incorrect. At some point, the metaphors and allegories break down. They disappear, and you just have science fiction.

I'm a little bit more proud of Solange. She chose to do it her way. Because in the beginning, we wanted to mold her into this pop star, and that is not who she is. And we were wrong. I was wrong, the record labels were wrong... She wanted to do it her own way, and she did.

I'm not interested in people positioning me next to other artists.

What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?

You've got to stay current and up with the competition. The main thing, though, is finding the greatest songs you can possibly find.

Inspiring passion in children for books, and the world of imagination and creativity fuelled by them, is a fundamental reason for why the Children's Laureate post exists.

When you're making music, you're creeping up on your heart and pouring it out into something.

So much talent comes from the base of poverty and those in the margins. You limit the base, you miss too much talent.

Death can never kill an idea. Ideas are more powerful than death. Ideas outlive men and can never be destroyed.

Well, everyone in my family is a writer. There is a big contribution on the script level by everyone.