I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer.
Writing is a lonely job unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach.
The desire to write grows with writing.
Writing is the beast unto itself.
I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page of your screenplay, in your head, you're also writing your Oscar acceptance speech.
I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain.
Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself? This is where it comes from.
The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy.
There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.
I am writing a book and that takes third place of importance.
My lyrics are generated by various peculiar processes. Very random and similar to automatic writing.
The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.
Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.
There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.