Viv Albertine Quotes

I feel uninhibited when I'm writing.

When I sit down to write, I just let the goose out of the bottle.

My favorite thing is being able to follow my inspiration, and the freedom of being a writer is hard to beat.

When you work at a magazine, you have to tell the truth. When you're not working in that format, it's fun to see where your mind takes you when the dictates have nothing to do with anyone but yourself.

Write what you like; there is no other rule.

When you write what you know, you stay in control. One of the first things I encourage my writing students to do is to lose control - say what they want to say, break structure.

As a novelist, you have to be free. Books can't be an act of filial duty.

My writing was liberated once I abandoned acting.

I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff.

Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing.

Being an author is fun. It's a great job, because I can stay up as late as I want, and if I feel like taking the day off, I do it. Plus, I get to make up silly stories and draw pictures all day.

Actors spend most of their time out of work, so I actually spend more time making furniture. The thing about furniture that's much better than acting is that it's just me. There's no director, no script - the concept is me, unless a client wants something.

When you're acting, you can try your own ideas and be free.

We're really lucky because we have a portable studio, which enables us to work wherever we like. There is some extra work involved in setting everything up, but you can find a lot of magic and inspiration in being free to go somewhere completely different.

Writing is the place where I can do it all and get away with it. You can't do that in the theatre.

That's what I love about writing is you don't need anyone's permission to do it. You can just get up in the morning, grab a pad and pen and start writing.

I think writing gives me creative freedom.

Art! What a concept! It saved my life! A place where you can do as you please!

The world is your exercise book, the pages on which you do your sums. It is not reality, though you may express reality there if you wish. You are also free to write lies, or nonsense, or to tear the pages.

You could be anybody when you're writing. That's the reason that I'm writing: to be anybody. You can put your feet in various shoes and experience anything.

There is no rule on how to write.

I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.

We all want to have a place where we can dream and escape anything that wraps steel bands around our imagination and creativity.

Street skating, which is what I grew up with, is completely free of rules. You can do anything. When I see a skater go by, I think, What is this person going to do here? It's the same with people who write, who make music, who draw, who make movies. Creative people tend to have all of those different avenues in them.

If something depressing is happening, that's gold. That's the best possible situation you could be in. But if that doesn't happen, you just have to make up stuff - it's more fun because you have more freedom with what you can write about. You can invent characters and situations. It's actually easier.