“I do like to be creative and I'm very lucky that I've been given different areas in which I'm able to do that - whether it be film or television or theatre or whatever. I'm also still into music and recording.” StillsDifferentAbleFilmGivenCreativeTelevisionLuckyAreasTheatreBe Creative Author:Richard O'Brien
“My husband is a musician. He cooks and he's a chef but he also, he makes basement recordings. So many people in my life make basement recordings, so I feel very lucky, I'm surrounded by very creative people.” PeopleFeelsCreativeLuckyHusbandMusicianCooksMy HusbandChefCreative PeopleBasements Author:Dana Spiotta
“Any writer who believes in the 'lucky creative accident' in writing is pushing elephants on roller skates up greased ramps.” WritingBelieveCreativeLuckyAccidentsPushingElephantsSkatesRamp Author:Leonard Bishop
“Life becomes a lot simpler for a creative person when he or she finds the routine that works best. ... get in the habit of going through the routine every day, and on some of those days, you're going to be lucky and have done some good work. ... Go to your study, close the door, invent your confidence.” PersonsDoneCreativeStudyDoorsHabitLuckyRoutineGood WorkCreative Person Author:Diane Ackerman
“I am very lucky that I have talented and creative people around me. Also, mediation has been a very big part of my freedom, because it allows me to watch all the things going on and allows me to focus.” PeopleHas BeensBigsWatchesCreativeFocusLuckyCreative PeopleMediation Author:Russell Simmons
“No creative writer knows what is commercial and what isn't. You just write from your heart, you write from the deepest, creative urges in you, and you write from your soul, and you just either get lucky or not.” KnowsWritingHeartSoulCreativeLuckyYour SoulUrgesCreative Writers Author:Mel Brooks
“It's a creative enterprise, just like art, just like painting, music. Creating something can be done in different categories, so to do it in film is just another expression, which is great. Because it translates so well because so many people see the work, if you're lucky.” PeopleIfsWellsArtDifferentDoneFilmMusicCreativePaintingExpressionLuckyCreatingEnterpriseCategoriesTranslateCreating Something Author:Robert Redford
“I've been lucky to work with some of the most creative people and it's true that I enjoy filmmaking and I'm an enthusiast.” PeopleEnjoyCreativeLuckyFilmmakingCreative People Author:Nicolas Cage
“I think just having a gift and being able to do something creative and having people like it and enjoy it... I'm in a really, really cool place here. A lot of people try to do this and might get a little bit of success, but we've been lucky. We're going to take that and try and go as far as we can with it and just do the best that we can.” PeopleThinkingTryingLittlesMightAbleBitsEnjoyCreativeLuckyLittle BitDo The BestReally CoolCool Places Author:Mitch Lucker
“You are lucky if you have one or two epiphanies in your life, particularly a creative one.” IfsTwoCreativeLuckyPhotographyEpiphany Author:Keith Carter
“I ain't the first on the list that people are sending scripts to. I'm very lucky. I've managed to put myself in the position with some directors, who will be calling me directly, and we're working on things and talking about things, but that's on a purely creative level.” PeopleFirstsLevelsTalkingCreativePositionCallingLuckyDirectorsScriptsLists Author:Christian Bale
“I love to exercise my creativity in many ways but as each year of specialization goes by I feel further and further from my other creative selves. I used to be able to see myself doing many things and sometimes I still long for a job that involves less pressure and grappling with people but, as you say, I am one of the lucky ones so I try to just focus on feeling lucky and carry on!” PeopleWayFeelsTryingYearsLongStillsSelfSometimesFeelingsAbleJobsUsedCreativityCreativeFocusExerciseLuckyPressureUsed To BeSpecializationGrappling Author:Ani DiFranco
“Habitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.” PeopleCreativeLuckyPreparedCreative People Author:E. B. White
“Eating good things and being around people who are happy - you want to be influenced by the world because it has so many cool things about it, but it also has a bunch of bad things about it. Being around people who are happy and people who are creative, that's what you do if you're lucky in your life.” PeopleIfsWorldWantCreativeLuckyEatingGood ThingsBunchBad ThingsCool ThingsEating Good Author:Wayne Coyne
“I was pretty lucky, I went to a really great school. I went to a Steiner School, which is very small and nurturing and creative, so I felt like I was in an environment where I could mature. There was less of the clique-y stuff, which can really make high school a living hell for a lot of people, going on, so I was very similar then to who I am now. I'm still a dork.” PeopleStillsSchoolFeltStuffHellCreativeEnvironmentLuckyHigh SchoolWho I AmMatureReally GreatNurturingCliqueDorkGreat Schools Author:Zoe Kravitz
“I think I was just lucky to be brought up in a very musical family. My two older brothers were, and still are, very musical and very creative, and music was a big part of my life from a very young age, so it is quite natural for me to become involved in music in the way that I did.” ThinkingWayStillsTwoBigsAgeYoungNaturalCreativeBrotherInvolvedLuckyMusicalYoung AgeOlder Brother Author:Kate Bush
“Being around people who are happy and people who are creative, that's what you do if you're lucky in your life.” PeopleIfsCreativeLucky Author:Wayne Coyne
“I did the Daily Show, and then I did Air America Radio, and I realized that I was lucky enough to have a job where I could get information to people. But those spaces weren't appropriate to then tell people what to do - they were corporate enterprises. My main job was to be funny, so I was trying to figure out, how can I combine all the things I love - comedy, feminism, calling out bullshit - into a creative space that other creative people would want to join in and help out?” PeopleWantTryingEnoughHelpingShowsJobsAmericaSpaceCreativeComedyAirFeminismFiguresInformationCallingLuckyRadioI RealizedCorporateEnterpriseAppropriateBullshitCreative PeopleThings I LoveDaily ShowCreative SpaceAir America Author:Lizz Winstead
“I've been very lucky in that the studios really respect me and they give me all my creative freedom. But nevertheless, they are inputs, they have opinions. It's the same thing for me as if you're in a shower and you're coming up with a tune, with a melody, but there are 70 people trying to sing their own melody at the same time. So you have to focus and concentrate, and not lose the track of your melody.” PeopleGivingTryingOpinionCreativeFocusLuckyTrackMelodyRespect Me Author:Alfonso Cuaron
“I ain't the first on the list that people are sending scripts to. I'm very lucky. I've managed to put myself in the position with some directors, yes, who will be calling me directly, and we're working on things and talking about things, but that's on a purely creative level. And then you go and have to deal with the financial level.” PeopleCreativeLuckyFinancial Author:Christian Bale
“Everyone who's ever met Guillermo Del Toro knows that he's the most generous, creative, mind-bogglingly wonderful man. And I was so lucky that he had seen Storytelling and he asked me to do Hellboy. And then I watched Devil's Backbone and I was blown away.” MenCreativeWonderfulLuckyStorytellingGenerousBackboneSo LuckyCreative Mind Author:Selma Blair
“Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky.” WayInspirationalFeelsMotivationalKidsActorsGivenActingCreativeLuckyFindingsAccessInsecurityAngstOverweight Author:Ryan Reynolds