The artists of the past who impressed me were the ones who really focused their work.
Things that are very popular are not taken seriously, because the snobbish side of one says, "Well, if everyone likes it it can't be that good." Whereas if only I and a couple of other people like it, then it must be really something special.
The smart thing in the art world is to have one good idea and never have another.
As struggles go, being an artist isn't that much of one.
Everything good proceeds from enthusiasm.
Editing is now the easiest thing on earth to do, and all the things that evolved out of word processing - 'Oh, let's put that sentence there, let's get rid of this' - have become commonplace in films and music too.