Rivers Cuomo Quotes

Maybe the biggest thing that I've learned musically is that anything is possible. Things can work when maybe they don't seem like they can.

Any decision that's made about my career is ultimately my decision, and it's helped me not to plan too much. I've never been the guy thinking, 'I want to do a play this year, I want to do this kind of movie or this kind of character.' I don't have that sort of control.

But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas.

I think being open-minded about what Nature is trying to tell you is the key to being creative and successful.

I'm very unpredictable, but at the end of the day, I'm working. Sometimes things change in my life. It's like, 'Hold up - that ain't feel good. That felt good.' And that's how I look at anything I do.

The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea.

At the end of the day, none of us are the Oracle of Delphi, so we don't get everything right. It's always good to be able to listen and to take on what seems to be the right thing to do.

Being open to the unexpected allows me to bring so much to my craft.

I'm always open to new stuff. I don't sit and try to figure out what to do, I just wait for an idea to come.

To be fertile in hypotheses is the first perquisite of creativity and to be willing to throw them away the moment experience contradicts them is the next.

You'll never know how close you are to a million-dollar idea unless you're willing to listen.

I don't have any great detail or logic or exact point that I look for in a film. It's just if I get a good sense from it and I feel that there is something interesting that we may be able to do with it, then I just kind of go for it.

As an idea occurs to me, I'll either follow it or not, but I'm more instinctive than master-planner about stuff.

You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how much you know, the side of your brain that has the smarts won't necessarily help you in making art.

Any leader needs to be constantly interested in what's going on in the world, and constantly ready - even when things are going well - to change.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for them everything is possible.

I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas.

You need to be honest and always see new opportunities coming. So I call it intuition, innovation, execution - these are my working principles.

To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the lookout for what has never been.

I think at any age, you can stay open and creative and excited.

When I look for the next project, it's always about, 'Is it going to push me out of my comfort zone? Am I doing something different? Am I working with people who are passionate about what they're doing?' At the end of the day, if I'm going to be bored on set, then I'm not gonna be happy.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Making decisions quickly isn't for everyone, and I've had my disasters, but overall, it works for me.