Edith Pearlman Quotes

It's a feeling I can't describe, to see my work in action. The best is when an artist is appreciative.

There's a certain amount of pleasure in being able to create something and watch it grow.

I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.

It's fun being creative and that's satisfying.

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work.

If you do something that you're proud of, that someone else understands, that is a thing of beauty that wasn't there before - you can't beat that.

That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or anyone who creates anything - people want to be appreciated for what they have done.

Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?

You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that!

It gives me a huge buzz when people say they've enjoyed my books, because this grew out of a hobby, and it's an absolute passion, and it's lovely when I get feedback.

People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.

If a film works, you get more offers, appreciation and the latter is like oxygen. We survive on that.

I'm content with what I've got from the industry, even though sometimes it seems like I might not get the proper credit.

Nothing brings me more joy than when people love what I do.

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

I think one of the things that is essential for happiness in life, or at least for non-sadness, is producing something. I guess that's why I spend so much time and agony writing books. But working on carpentry is sort of like all the pleasure with none of the agony.

It's good to be noticed when you are proud of your work.

I've done lots of stuff, but it's rare for people to come up to you and be happy about the fact that it's been put out there, that it's something a bit different, something creative.

I'm very fortunate that I get to make people smile by creating.

You want appreciation. Even though you like what's happening now doesn't mean that you still don't want appreciation or greater stimulation. It just means you're not using something in your now as your excuse to not let in all those things that you've been wanting. The perfect creative stance is satisfaction where I am, and eagerness for more.

It's always gratifying to hear that people are excited by something that you've been excited to make.

I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

I'm a very lucky guy. I get to write music that I love, and lo and behold, people seem to really like it. I know how fortunate I am.

To you, W. B. Yeats, good praiser, wholesome dispraiser, heavy-handed judge, open-handed helper of us all, I offer a play of my plays for every night of the week, because you like them, and because you have taught me my trade.

The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs.