Nicolas Winding Refn Quotes

I'm just really proud of 'Dead Head Fred.'

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.

Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity.

I think the fact that I created something and had an enormous influence is indisputable.

I have a record that I'm so very, very proud of, and no campaign is going to take that away.

I'm thrilled with my body of work.

I'm going to sound like an egomaniac, but I'm proud of so many things. I feel proud of my book, 'I'm Just A Person,' proud of my HBO special. I'm proud of a lot of things.

When you hold something you created, drew, and conceived, and now here it is in 3D plastic - it is a rush.

You just get satisfaction from achieving something that you just don't get in any other way than from being creative.

To walk away and be proud of something that you created and something that is going to be out there, I think that's amazing.

I don't get tired of hearing that somebody liked my work.

If you do a scene the right way, you can go home at the end of the day and really feel like you accomplished something.

I think you don't do work for controversy alone, and whenever you do new work which people don't understand and they say it is done to create controversy.

In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making 'Star Trek.' But most of the time, I don't think about it.

I usually like whatever I've recently finished best.

I think 'Beyond the Blue Neon' is the best I've ever done.

I think the point of art is to be controversial in a lot of ways. It's to cause conversations, and it's to get people excited about and talking about the things that the films are about.

I don't think I have achieved anything that I can really be proud of.

Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying.

I'm proud of everything I've done.

I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

When you can watch something grow that you created - it's really an amazing feeling.

While my six-song EP is unlikely to set any sales records, it's one of my biggest personal achievements - on par with starting my own company. On par with selling my own company.

Success to me does not mean money.