Justine Larbalestier Quotes

With 'Friday Night Lights,' we were encouraged to make it our own and improvise as much as we wanted.

I really don't look at myself as just one thing. I'm kind of scattered and like to have my hands in a lot of different projects. It makes me who I am.

In art, anything goes, and if it goes, it goes.

Creativity has always depended on openness and flexibility, so let us hope for more of both in the future.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

There are no rules in art.

I try not to do anything by formula.

The script is the coloring book that you're given, and your job is to figure out how to color it in. And also when and where to color outside the lines.

It's hard to generalize, because they're all different. When I started, I decided to take as much advantage as I could of the freedom offered by the SF field.

I like to reinvent with each project, in any which way possible.

The route may, say, go across the field for 22 yards. I know I have to be there, but how I get there is where they allow me to be creative.

The kind of artist I would like to be is definitely versatile. I don't like being boxed in or put into a genre, so to speak.

Why not do something strange and different for once? Artists can do whatever they want!

I just wanted to make something in the world and worry about the rest of it later and not get too caught up in rules.

Style is to forget all styles.

An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures.

Do what you want to do, and don't worry if it's a little odd or doesn't fit the market.

I'm not someone who feels like I have to do it the same way. I never feel restricted. It all should grow out of different moments and if it goes completely different that's how it should go.

I don't have the same restrictions that other people do because I never painted myself into a corner. I've always done things that didn't necessarily fit the form. I've never felt limited in that respect in terms of songwriting.

There's always one more way to do something-- your way.

To be creative and spontaneous, you have to live with imperfection.

Creativity is very self-indulgent.

Somehow, you realize you can kind of do anything in music. You don't have to be good at a certain thing; you can just do whatever you want.

The great artist takes what he needs.

Any show should be open to listening to constructive criticism.