Tyler Hilton Quotes

We're all kind of basically involved in the same thing, putting up a blank of some kind and filling it in.

I don't care what I do - act, stand-up, write, direct - it doesn't matter as long as I'm being creative and it's good work.

I want to try it to see what it's like and see what my stuff looks like when I take it from inception to completion.

I know how demanding the process of creation is.

Whatever it is that I thirst for in my current project tends to turn up in my following project.

I would like to do something autobiographical, set to music. I don't know how I'm going to do it, but I'm going to try.

I always think that you finish one movie, you start a new one, and you think, 'OK. I did that last one. Now I've learned. I know how this works.' Then by the end of the movie, you think, 'No, I don't, really.'

I don't know if it'd be any time soon but I'd really like to work on a collaboration with somebody - I always have ideas for stuff like that.

The ultimate point of a piece for me is that it drives the next one. Does it open new doors? That's the success of a piece.

Like all artists, I go through creative spurts.

If you're a writer, write. You just keep writing. And if you're a filmmaker, you keep doing what you can to keep telling your stories; you don't stay on the one. Keep moving forward and doing what you can to tell whatever story you can tell, be it via writing, be it via filming it.

Every play I do, every book I write, every painting I paint, I will struggle with. I don't know what it's like for a project to come easy.

What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work.

One does not set out with the idea that I've just had a great idea and now I'm going to go and carry it out. Almost all art that's made like that doesn't go anywhere.

My ultimate search has been for a muse.

The seed of an idea laying dormant in an old sketchbook is fed the missing ingredient from a new experience. Trying to share some of these experiences, some of the wonders, is one of the reasons why I do books.

The different bodies of my work end themselves when there's no more discovery to be had.

When you're making something big, whether it's long-form fiction or a big piece of software, whatever that is, you're having a very intimate and extended conversation with the work materials themselves.

Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new.

There are a lot of distractions when you're in creative industries like publishing or fashion or media, and it's a real blessing to have witnessed some of those up close at a young age. I think when you get past the glamour, that's when you get to the good stuff - the stuff that really feeds your soul and enriches you as a person.

Each production is its own experience.

Regardless of any experiences in the past, for me it really is important to be engrossed in as much of the creative process as I possibly can. I was surprised with how much the eight years I spent on 'Castle' actually serviced that. I ended up, in a way, having a free education on that show.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

It's just so fun to share that experience with your best friend when you're finding your voice as an artist.

I treat my projects as art.