Jackson Browne Quotes

One of the things you're doing when you make art, apart from entertaining yourself and other people, is trying to see what ways of working feel good, what feels right.

Writing is a way of living. It doesn't quite matter that there are too many books for the number of readers in the world to read them. It's a way of being alive for the writer.

I'm a writer, and the subject is less important than the act of writing itself.

Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.

My life is in the art that I make, and I'm very happy with it.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

What is writing but an expression of my own life?

I write from what's in my heart. I write what I love and have always done that.

It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.

I write for the love of writing. If I never published another book, I would still be writing stories.

I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative.

If I were to die thinking that I'd written three poems that people might read after me, I would feel that I hadn't lived in vain. Great poets might expect the whole body of their work, but most of us - well, I would settle for a handful.

I don't really make movies because I want to see my face on a billboard or because I want to get good reviews or have a big box office. That doesn't really matter to me at all.

I'm just trying to keep things rich for me creatively and for the readers who follow me.

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

I don't think the goal is, 'How big a star did you ever become?' I think the goal is, 'Were you able to express yourself?' And if you're able to say yes, in any field, you've won. If you paint, write, do mosaics, knit - if it's solving that part of your brain saying, 'I need to do this,' you've won.

I want to be inspired, and I want to hopefully do work that moves people as well.

I want to feel creative when I'm working. I don't want to just work for the sake of working.

That's what I care about most. That more people are making and more people feel like they are creative.

I love writing. Writing has been very good to me.

Writing is a good creative outlet... it's a supplement to my music.

I create music for myself first of all because if I'm not happy with the music I create, I can't make anybody else happy.

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

Inspiration is one of my favorite things. That's all I want to do - I want to inspire people.

Art was - and is - my biggest outlet. I'd probably die if I didn't do it.