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Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient stimulus to be creative.

I think that every actor’s first responsibility is to be as interesting as possible.

When I’m ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I’m interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.

It’s hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to some outside force is just like – It’s never been a factor in what I’ve done or what the band’s done.

The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way.

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear.

Every piece of writing has its own soul.

If you feel driven and compelled to make your work and to be fiercely original and have something unique to say, in a compelling way, then chances are the helpers will be there for you the doors will open some, the ice will crack.