Lorrie Moore Quotes

I need someone who understands an artist's mentality. I couldn't be with someone who wouldn't let me have my freedom.

It's been so inspiring to have complete creative control and to just have fun creating and collaborating with people I admire greatly.

I prefer to surprise myself as I'm writing. I'm not interested in it if I already know where it's going. So I have only the most general sense of what I'm doing when I start a story. I sometimes have a destination in mind, but how the story is going to go from Point A to Point Z is something I make up as I go along.

Basically, I just write whatever story grabs me rather than considering the genre.

The freedom of every artist is essential.

The great thing about being a writer is that you are always recreating yourself.

Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you kind of jump.

That's the great thing about being a writer. You dream up amazing questions... and then dream up even more amazing answers.

I categorically resist this idea that films are supposed to be autobiographical and the only stories you tell are about your own life.

I'm not like J.K. Rowling, where I know there's going to be this number of seasons, and I know exactly what's going to happen. I would be so bored if that was the case. There would be no journey. There would be nothing to discover.

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.

'Super 8' was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun working with J.J. Abrams, who I think is a kid in a grown man's body, which is a great ingredient for any artist in our business. You have to be a kid at heart to be able to make believe, and his imagination is phenomenal.

Putting out my album on my own label has been a great experience for me. It's been very inspiring. It's like a new start for me and having all this creative freedom is so liberating and exciting.

The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea.

The stories are what they are in my head. They take their own course and refuse to be influenced by anything or anybody. So I just record what I see and hope that people like it.

I just love the idea of going into a room and creating something by myself.

Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint.

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

When I first landed at Pixar, I felt like I found this creative oasis with John Lasseter... It's what you thought Hollywood was going to be.

My art and my creativities were totally something that was of my own heart and mind. I could never let anybody dictate to me what I should write and how I would write it.

I like to choreograph and create and design the costumes and do it all and then step back and watch it and then move on to the next project.

I really enjoy the creative freedom that I get when I produce my own projects.

I can be a little messy and wild and carefree with my creativity as a solo artist. In a group, there's a certain structure, and everyone has a part to play, and being a solo artist, I can do as I please.

I can make any film I want to make.

I love being with artists because I'm always open to getting into something.