Dinah Jane Quotes

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

I can't tell you how freeing it is to have my own label. For the first time in my career, I have total control.

You gotta make the movie you want to make.

I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.

There's a lot of creative freedom. Acting is a whole boatload of fun, but I prefer to do it on my own terms.

I want to still be singing at 70 years old. I want to be open to the dreams I haven't even dreamed up.

Creative freedom is a huge carrot.

At Marvel, I was lucky enough to work with really talented people, but I always had this nagging thought: 'One day I'll write my own stories.'

I like to be creative and I'm lucky that I have a couple of different outlets, and I'm lucky that I get to use them.

When I get to do whatever I want, I'm perfectly happy. I've found that the best scenario is that I just do what I do, and if somebody wants to be part of it, they should work as a conduit for what vision I have. They should help me complete the universe.

When you give an artist a canvas, you shouldn't tell him exactly how much paint to put on it, or exactly how sharp the images should be. You should let the artist get going.

I was pretty happy with how my career had gone, mainly because of the enormous freedom I've had to write what I've wanted to write. I had a very clear picture of who I was as a writer.

I won't read scripts because I have a limited amount of time. Why should I help other people do lame stuff when I can just go out and put on lame stuff of my own?

Success is freedom - scripts coming your way and getting to choose the stories you want to tell.

We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision.

The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were rare.

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

Stand up for yourself and fight for your right to be the artist that you want to be. There's plenty of pressure from outside; people tell you how to dress and how to sing or what to sing, but I always felt like if I'm going to fail or succeed, I want to do it on my own terms.

When I was 28, I made this film called 'Drinking Buddies' that I starred in and produced, and we improvised the entire thing, and it was a complete exercise in freedom of expression in making something for only the purpose of making it, not for recognition or money or anything else, and it's still my favorite thing I've ever done.

The only reason I write is that I feel I have to. Being the creator of a project puts me in a much better position to do the things I want to do.

I feel so lucky and so privileged that I like writing for myself. Like, I don't have to wait for somebody to create a part for me or a project for me. I can just do it. And that's so great.

I always say I want creative control. A lot of people don't think about that. And that's what every artist should think of - being creative and not just a puppet.

I love this freedom that has been given to me as an artist to express myself.

We got full artistic integrity and autonomy over what we were doing, and that was the main important thing that kept our band alive.

I can make any film I want to make.