Dylan Moran Quotes

In a writer there must always be two people - the writer and the critic.

When I direct and have to look at filmed scenes of myself, I suck.

Every time I make a new game, I put all of my effort completely into that game. It's like putting all your effort into a new child that's being born. Once the project is done, I can step back and look at it objectively, which is when I can see a lot of flaws. That's when I start to make a new game that tries to fix some of those flaws.

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.

If I'm going to be the best in what I do, I have to study what I'm doing, I have to see what I'm doing. I have to see it, I have to hear it. I'm just starting to appreciate myself - not starting, but appreciating myself in a way where I can look at myself back in a movie or listen to myself as much as I do now.

Music is a lot more like solving an intricate puzzle with moments of pure, random creative bliss... whereas painting is much more purely random creative bliss with moments of problem solving.

I don't like to come at my character from some really technical place.

When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry.

If something doesn't work, you have to admit it. Always try to find what's going right and what's going wrong with your music. If you can, pool your resources and record yourself; do that frequently.

Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject.

I think there's always this idea in your head, but you have to allow the film to take its own course.

I really can't describe what my stand-up is like - people see it and they say it's like that, or it's like this, and that's really up to them, that's fine, but I don't sit around all day analysing it. I just try and enjoy a show and interest myself because if I don't do that then I won't interest anybody else.

That is the artistic task: To choose the best from these solutions.

I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better. I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

I tried to draw people more realistically, but the figure I neglected to update was myself.

It's not that the creative act and the critical act are simultaneous. It's more like you blurt something out and then analyze it.

The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.

I think architects are often at their best when faced with restraints.

When I'm writing, I'm just in it and trying to figure out what seems best.

The only time you actually are a spectator of your own work is the day you read the script.

The best way to investigate the elusive phenomenon called the creative process may well be to target all the misconceptions, to explain what the creative process is not.

I'm not so sure I 'like' to watch myself on film, but I do find it necessary in order to continually be a better artist.

I got a lot of problems, but I'm really good at intuiting what I need to do to be happy with whatever I create. I know when to stop myself, I know when to start, I know when to leave something alone. I guess I just kind of indulge that completely, and so I just take my time.

Well, I don't really concern myself too much with what other people make of my work.