Petrarch Quotes

I can't say that I love writing, but I do love the satisfaction that it gives me.

The emotional power of creating something... Nothing gives me as much joy as that.

Writing was always a release for me, a great joy. It wasn't work.

Novel writing is a kind of private pleasure, even if nothing comes of it in worldly terms.

I have never expected anything from my work but the satisfaction I could get from it by the very fact of painting and saying what I couldn't say otherwise.

I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I'm happy with it.

I mean, if I was living to please people, I'd have never been in a band at all. I wouldn't have anything awesome around. I'd just be bored.

I've made music since I was a kid so I've always gotten joy out of that.

I still get enormous pleasure and a sense of fulfillment out of writing a book that I'm proud of. I see myself as a bit like a jewel-maker who can sit back and admire his work.

I had very strong feelings, so the chance to make a film that deals in an imaginative way with stuff you care tremendously about is a real high. It's a really amazing thing to be able to do.

I love acting, but music is so much more rewarding because it's more personal.

I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it.

I'm not looking for career attention, for more success, more money. I'm just singing songs I chose because I love them.

I keep writing because it is deeply pleasurable to me.

Painting completed my life.

I just like playing with the band and doing what I do.

But, yeah, I'm really happy when I'm writing. When I'm being creative and when I have something that I can put down. You know, if you go out and you overhear a conversation or you have a thought, you have a receptacle to go home and say, 'Oh, this would be great in this script.' Your antenna's out in a different way, and I love that time.

People talk about the pain of writing, but very few people talk about the pleasure and satisfaction.

I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.

I write for myself - but it is nice when other people like it, too!

To me, success has already happened. I get to make records and live doing that. Success is that.

Even if we didn't make records, we would have done it on the side for fun. Like, some painters sell their work; others just keep it - they love to do it whether they get paid or not.

I think being creative and making something that you can look at is so good for your brain and your soul. Nothing beats it.

My art completes my life.

For making music for myself, I just need to be happy. I'm the producer, the director, and the listener.