“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.” IfsWayFeelsChanceDoorsUniqueOriginalsDrivenIceCracksFierceCompellingCompelledChances AreHelpers Author:David Knopfler
“I don't know to what extent someone can BECOME an artist - you either are or you aren't - and if you are you'll HAVE to make your way to some kind of sickly light, no matter how terrible the soil you were seeded in your nature will out somehow.” IfsKnowsWayKindMatterLightArtistTerribleSoil Author:David Knopfler
“In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work - and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects.” WayStillsSometimesBehindsTakenHonestAspectCleanDenyDecadesThis DayHonest Work Author:David Knopfler
“Now that I'm staring down the barrel of the last act of my life, I'm less excited about control and solo effort, and I resent the way the business aspects interfere with my space for creative writing.” WayWritingLastsSpaceEffortCreativeAspectExcitedStaringInterfereSoloCreative WritingResentBarrelsMy Space Author:David Knopfler
