Terry Zwigoff Quotes

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

Every show I've ever, you know, produced, essentially it's the show I want to watch myself.

I only make movies that are interesting to me.

I do not feel any artist can produce great art without putting great personality into it. It is always a piece of you that goes on the screen or the canvass.

Of course, design is a very personal thing: what I like, you may not like.

The key to artistry is being able to say stuff the way other people can't.

I have my own ideas when it comes to making cinema. My films should be of my liking and suit my convictions.

With Quentin Tarantino, he makes movies imagining himself as the audience. To be specific and true to what he wants resonates to people who like his movies.

There is, in any art, a tendency to turn one's own preferences into a monomaniac theory.

Even I have certain depictions that I personally don't like, but I don't believe artists should necessarily follow a particular person's preference. They should focus on the things they like and follow their own desires.

I just do what sounds good to me, and people seem to like it.

My approach is simple. It is nothing other than what I am thinking at the time I make each piece of clothing, whether I think it is strong and beautiful. The result is something that other people decide.

We write the songs that we do because that's what we like. But they are just stories - not things we actually do or recommend anyone else go out and do.

I write 100% of my material by myself. That's really important to me because I don't want what I'm trying to say to be diluted by anyone that might not know my circumstance or who I am as a person.

I just try to direct in a way that interests me. And, hopefully, other people will find it compelling.

I just try to write literally what I love. That's usually the barometer that I use. As trite as it sounds, I'm like, 'what would I want to see? What would I be excited about?'

My music is not like everybody gonna love it, it's really what I make of it.

We're all inspired by what has come before us, but hope to use the inspiration to create our own. That's the artist's journey. It's a pretty amazing path.

I don't even watch many huge films. I don't go to the cinema every weekend. I watch selective cinema and want to make my kind of films.

I just like to see and put out what I think is beautiful. And put my swag on it, and my style, and how I feel.

I feel my work is made for one being, one individual. You could say that's me, but that's not really true. It's for an idealized viewer.

[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.

Stay loyal to your creativity because it's a gift.

The way I work is not the way that you work, and the whole point of any creative act is that. What I have to offer is me, what you have to offer is you, and if you offer yourself with authenticity and generosity I will be moved.

A library represents the mind of its collector, fancies and foibles, strengths and weaknesses, prejudices and preferences.