“I can't sing but I can understand wanting to keep a balance, trying to pursue dreams, while creating a stable environment for my children.” TryingChildrenI CanDreamEnvironmentBalanceCreatingPursueMy ChildrenStable Author:Gabrielle Reece
“I think people should be proud of the work they do, whatever it is. I have this other arty side that loves creating homes. I can be happy going to the hardware store.” PeopleThinkingShouldI CanHomeSidesProudCreatingStoresBe ProudHardware Author:Aida Turturro
“It's like creating an artificial loop saying, 'You didn't play the game the way I wanted you to play, so now you're punished and you're going to come back and play it again until you do what I want you to do.' In an action game, I can get that – why not? It's all about skills. But in a story-driven experience it doesn't make any sense.” WayWantI CanPlayStoriesActionWantedGamesSkillsCreatingDrivenWhy NotArtificialI Want YouLoops Author:David Cage
“There's a structure to a detective story that I can easily understand. I understand playing that particular game. It's like solving a puzzle. Or creating a puzzle.” I CanStoriesGamesParticularCreatingStructurePuzzlesDetectivesDetective Stories Author:Christopher Bollen
“I have never felt like I was creating anything. For me, writing is like walking through a desert and all at once, poking up through the hardpan, I see the top of a chimney. I know there's a house under there, and I'm pretty sure that I can dig it up if I want. That's how I feel. It's like the stories are already there. What they pay me for is the leap of faith that says: 'If I sit down and do this, everything will come out okay.'” IfsKnowsWantFeelsWritingI CanStoriesHouseFeltPayWalkingCreatingOkayDown AndDesertLeapChimneysLeap Of Faith Author:Stephen King
“When I'm on set, I do whatever I can to find my focus. One thing that stays pretty consistent for all my jobs is, I listen to a lot of music while I'm working. Because when there's all this stuff going on, for me to be able to put on headphones and listen to music helps me keep my focus,. A big part of creating a character for me is finding the general palette for what kind of music I'm going to be listening to.” KindI CanCharacterHelpingBigsAbleJobsStuffFocusOne ThingListeningFindingsCreatingHelp MeConsistentListening To MusicPaletteHeadphones Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“Writing is a completely private act. It's in a way like play but very serious play, and sometimes I can escape into the fictional world that I'm creating so fully as to see hours go by without my noticing it. I think that kind of suspension of time and that mindfulness is a real gift.” ThinkingWorldWayWritingKindI CanRealSometimesPlayHoursSeriousMindfulnessCreatingNoticingSuspensionFictional Worlds Author:Antonya Nelson
“Our life is so short that every time I see my children, I enjoy them as much as I can. Whenever I can, I enjoy my beloved, my family, my friends, my apprentices. But mainly I enjoy myself, because I am with myself all the time. Why should I spend my precious time with myself judging myself, rejecting myself, creating guilt and shame? Why should I push myself to be angry or jealous? If I don't feel good emotionally, I find out what is causing it and I fix it. Then I can recover my happiness and keep going with my story.” IfsFeelsShouldChildrenI CanStoriesFeelingsHappinessLife IsTimeEnjoyFamilyOur LivesJudgingFriendsCreatingMy FriendsMy FamilyShameAngryGuiltFeel GoodJealousyMy ChildrenBelovedKeep GoingJealousShould IGood FriendRejectingApprenticeLife Is So ShortPrecious TimeJudging Myself Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“What I can say now about paid DLC is that we aren't working on anything at the moment. We've put all our efforts into making the actual game. Creating DLC would involve large additional costs and require the involvement of a lot of people.” PeopleI CanMomentsGamesEffortCostCreatingPaidInvolvement Author:Masahiro Sakurai
“Like many musicians, I can hear the weight in the sound. Sound is matter. We speak of the colour of an instrument, of transparency... We can demand more sombre or lighter colours, deeper playing and singing, heavier or lighter sound. And manipulating those means is like creating a painting.” MeanI CanMatterSpeakSoundPaintingDemandCreatingMusicianSingingWeightInstrumentsDeeperColourTransparencyLighters Author:Laurence Equilbey
“I have the outsider's vision, which is creating wisdom I can share with the world. The fact that I am misunderstood has always given me an added impetus to work on communication to bridge the gap.” WorldI CanFactsGivenVisionShareCommunicationCreatingBridgesGapsOutsidersMisunderstoodImpetus Author:Yoko Ono
“My touring isn't about collecting souvenirs and always being on the go. My souvenirs are writing in my journal and creating new music, because that fits easily into my backpack when I'm travelling around the world. It's something that I can share later with fans or with future family members.” WorldWritingI CanShareFansFitMembersCreatingMusic IsAround The WorldJournalTouringCollectingFamily MembersNew MusicSouvenirs Author:Jason Mraz
“Drama is hate. Drama is pushing your pain onto others. Drama is destruction. Some take pleasure in creating drama while others make excuses to stay stuck in drama. I choose not to step into a web of drama that I can't get out of.” I CanPainHatePleasureStepsDramaCreatingDestructionExcuseStuckPushing Author:Bindu
“I like the fact that I can go away and lose myself so I don't have to live in the world of courage that everyone else does. I like creating, it's what I do, and acting allows me to stretch all those different muscles in all kinds of ways. That's pretty cool.” WorldWayKindDoeI CanDifferentFactsLosesActingCreatingAll KindsMusclesGoing Away Author:Roddy Piper
“I care about doing the work as best as I can do, and that it should go on reaching people. It's not about fame and it's not about me. It's about creating something that might allow someone else to create something.” PeopleShouldI CanMightCareCan DoGoes OnFameCreatingReachingI CareCreating Something Author:Jeanette Winterson
“I enjoy creating and developing characters, as well as situations. But I have always had more ideas than I can ever put down on paper and fantasy allows me to include a lot of what I feel.” FeelsWellsI CanIdeasCharacterEnjoySituationFantasyPaperCreatingDeveloping Author:Raymond Buckland
“I'm trying to inspire as many people as I can. I want the viewer to enjoy the art and I want the whole family to have something to react to. I hope that folks go home and do a bit of doodling and creating on their own.” PeopleWantTryingArtI CanWholeHomeBitsEnjoyInspireCreatingFolksViewersWhole FamilyDoodling Author:Nathan Sawaya
“I put a lot of effort in creating something fictional, yet very personal, because Shook is a defining part of me and my music: the Shook entity is much like the Batman or Superman comics characters. I like the idea that I can have this image that represents a part of me, but isn't really me, kind of like an alter ego.” KindI CanIdeasCharacterEffortEgoCreatingEntityDefiningCreating SomethingAlter Ego Author:Shook
“As a graphic artist, my job on a local paper was creating the advertising as well as working as a journalist on sports and community issues. There are many more jobs I've done in my day, I can't remember them all.” WellsI CanDoneJobsRememberArtistSportsCommunityIssuesPaperCreatingLocalsAdvertisingJournalistGraphicGraphic Artist Author:Franny Armstrong
“I can't think of anything outside of having the gift yourself and creating yourself. I can't think of the next better thing to do than being able to put it back. Creative expression, I think, is vital to the success of any society.... A society without art will die.” ThinkingArtI CanAbleDiesNextCreativeExpressionCreatingThings To DoCreative ExpressionBetter Things To DoCreating Yourself Author:Robert Redford
“I feel it's my social responsibility to shine a light on areas that don't get seen. My personal feeling is that it's an artist's responsibility to be engaged with the culture. And when the culture is going through turmoil, I think an artist can't ignore that. I don't feel that every artist has to be politically engaged, but I can't imagine that you can be an active participant of this culture and not in some way reflect that in the work you are creating.” ThinkingWayFeelsI CanFeelingsLightArtistCultureSocialResponsibilityImagineCreatingAreasShiningActiveEngagedImagine ThatSocial ResponsibilityTurmoilParticipantsPersonal Feelings Author:Lynn Nottage
“I can officially state that my government and myself believe that all over Europe we need to open a debate on the 'drug question' in order to create more coherent and human policies with better perspectives. . . . The policy of criminalizing consumers has failed, creating many problems to our society.” NeedsBelieveHumansI CanStatesProblemGovernmentOrderPolicyPerspectiveDrugCreatingEuropeDebateConsumersOur Society Author:George Papandreou
“I can't wait to join you in the joy of welcoming neighbors back into neighborhoods, and small businesses up and running, and cutting those ribbons that somebody is creating new jobs.” I CanRunningJobsJoyWaitingCuttingCreatingNeighborWelcomeNeighborhoodSmall BusinessNew JobBushismRibbons Author:George W. Bush
“I'm a morning "spinner." That's usually when my brain is thinking too much and I don't necessarily see things positively. So I sit myself down and remember that I'm making it up. I believe we are creating in every moment - making up our reality, so to speak - so when anything gets chaotic or I feel spun out, I remind myself that everything is an interpretation. I can look at it differently and make it work for me in a more positive light.” ThinkingFeelsBelieveLooksI CanMomentsRealityLightRememberSpeakI BelieveBrainMorningToo MuchCreatingDown AndInterpretationPositivelyChaoticMaking UpSpunThinking Too MuchSpinner Author:Dash Mihok
“When I'm not creating or focusing on something I can imagine or invent, I think I go back over my life - I don't recommend this by the way - and you pick up, oh, what'd you do that for? Why didn't you understand this?” ThinkingWayI CanImagineCreatingPicks Author:Toni Morrison
“I imagine that when I am creating a song or a project or an album or putting some clothing together or cooking a meal, whatever it is, I don't really have a recipe. The fun part is to throw that big piece of clay in the middle of the table as hard as I can, and whatever shape it takes, that's what shape it takes, and then I start to carve away.” I CanHardBigsTogetherSongFunPiecesImagineMiddleShapesProjectsCreatingTablesCookingAlbumsMealsClothingsImagine ThatRecipesClay Author:Erykah Badu
“I'm going to slow down a little bit, but I won't stop creating. I can't!” LittlesI CanBitsCreatingLittle BitSlow Down Author:Brian Pinkerton
“I love the idea of longevity in this career. But [producing] is not about, "Let me do this because this might happen 20 years down the line." Sleepwalking wasn't a vehicle for me, it was a film that pushed the envelope. I want to produce good stories, versus creating a niche where I can look after myself as an actor.” WantYearsLooksI CanIdeasStoriesMightHappensFilmActorsLinesCareersProduceCreatingLet MeVehicleLongevityVersusNicheGood StoryEnvelopesSleepwalking Author:Charlize Theron
“I can get inspired just off the energy of Soulja Boy, just his energy, you have to take something from an artist. Everyone may not look at an artist the same way, but it's something that artist is doing that's creating his success.” WayLooksMayI CanArtistEnergyBoysCreatingInspired Author:Nelly
“With all the movies I've made about history, it's not really fun because you're trying to get it right. You've got history telling how it was, and then my imagination is telling me how I wish it had been, but I can't go there, so I have to censor myself. I'm very good about stopping myself from creating history that never occurred, but it's frustrating.” TryingMadeI CanFunWishImaginationCreatingVery GoodStoppingFrustratingMy Imagination Author:Steven Spielberg
“I love creating. I am addicted to the drug of creation and creating things. I get a little depressed when I am struggling to find what I know is locked inside. If it's a lyric or something that is challenging me, I can be very depressed, but when it's like heaven opens up and it gives you a song, it's amazing. There's nothing else that I enjoy more probably.” IfsKnowsGivingLittlesI CanSongHeavenEnjoyChallengesStruggleCreationDrugCreatingLockedCreating ThingsVery Depressed Author:Mat Kearney
“The other thing is that it's really hard to separate out the harassment from everything we do. When we started creating Tropes, we were hyper-aware of the intense scrutiny, the intense harassment, and the intense pressure to do something meaningful given the attention both positive and negative. That's carried over in terms of making sure that I produce the best work that I can, that's the most accurate, the most sensitive and engaged.” I CanHardGivenTermAttentionProduceCreatingNegativePressureMeaningfulIntenseSensitiveEngagedAccurateBest WorkScrutinyHarassmentHyperTropes Author:Anita Sarkeesian
“It's creating things that make enough money to create resources to generate new technologies to have those technologies to generate more resources so I can make more things happen.” I CanEnoughHappensTechnologyCreatingResourcesThings HappenNew TechnologyCreating Things Author:Reggie Watts
“I can't begrudge anyone who opts to get a job instead of creating one for themselves.” I CanJobsCreating Author:Alexis Ohanian
“I like writing dialogue - I can hear my characters so clearly that writing dialogue often feels as much like transcribing something as it does like creating it.” FeelsWritingDoeI CanCharacterCreatingDialogueWriting DialogueTranscribing Author:Lauren Grodstein
“On Facebook, a lie can seem as convincing to some as an article from SPIEGEL or the Washington Post. That's a problem. I can then like it and like it again and start creating my own media universe, both for me and for my friends, and so we become more and more fenced off from one another.” I CanProblemSeemsLyingUniverseMy OwnMediaCreatingMy FriendsPostsArticlesConvincing Author:David Remnick
“I've been really fortunate where I've made stuff that connects to people on a positive level, and that makes me feel really good, but I can't feel comfortable in dictating what they're supposed to feel out of it, nor am I a professional in something where I can really help people any farther than creating the things that I make to help myself.” PeopleFeelsMadeI CanHelpingStuffLevelsComfortableCreatingFortunateDictating Author:Frank Iero
“I've learned that if I only put my mind to one thing that I can get tunnel vision. Then I may not be as open to other opportunities because I'm so focused on one thing. I think what's worked better for me personally is I have three goals every day: be nice, work hard and make friends. Those are my daily goals, and I feel like those are the things that create opportunity and creating connections that will then lead to other things that I may not have planned for otherwise.” IfsThinkingFeelsMindMayI CanHardThreeOpportunityGoalVisionNiceOne ThingHard WorkCreatingConnectionsFocusedI've LearnedBeing NiceTunnelsI May Not BeTunnel VisionNice Work Author:Gigi Hadid
“I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.” ThinkingTryingI CanCharacterStoriesCan DoChallengesRolesWatchesTvsCreatingFascinatingCreating Characters Author:Tatiana Maslany