I think I have always had a pretty strong creative impulse. And that has probably saved me from abandoning myself completely.
Nick CaveThe artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor.
Nick CaveL.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.
Nick CaveWe as visual artists need to continue to be renegades and say, "Yes I am here to do a project, but what is the social service?"
Nick Cave