I always find that the best collaborations are when you work with people that know what they're doing, and you leave them alone to do it.

Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.

In creative endeavors luck is a skill.

I started formal piano training when I was 4. From there I had little violas, and I had dancing lessons of every sort and description, and painting lessons. I had German. And shorthand.

More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into account how you or the world has changed.

You only need one good reason to commit to an idea, not four hundred. But if you have four hundred reasons to say yes and one reason to say no, the answer is probably no.

Creativity is an act of defiance.