Robert Lopez Quotes

If you've done a brilliant version it becomes something else.

Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought.

These are ideas. I could say that they just came to me, but it would be more accurate to say that I went to them. Ideas - and new connections between ideas - lead you away from commonly held perceptions of reality. Ideas lead you out here. Ideas lead you into the darkness.

I do what I love, thank God. I get to make music and get inspiration through Judaism. I can see why people might be surprised, because it's not been done before. It's certainly not typical. People are always trying to wrap head their around it. But it's probably simpler than everyone thinks.

When you come up with a good idea, you don't have to do a whole lot. The idea does it for you.

Be unpredictable, be real, be interesting. Tell a good story.

I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about.

If it feels like we're re-creating something rather than creating something, we don't do it.

What I'm after is something different than supplying people with the idea that I'm writing an important play.

The hardest part about writing any song is, what do you write? And how do I rewrite things? You start to run out of ideas that feel fresh.

The essence of creativity is to look beyond where you can actually see. I don't want to dwell in same place too long.

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

I am always open to working with debutant directors, as they bring a new perspective to a script. That motivates me and helps me choose unique scripts.

I am always updating and coming up with something fresh, whether it's a colour, a trend, or a design, as my uncle always taught me to be unique and different.

I feel like there is plenty of room for fresh ideas, always.

Most innovative things are not obvious to other people at the time. You have to believe in yourself. If you've got a good idea, follow it even though others tell you it's not.

As a songwriter, you always want to search for something that's right in front of you that you can twist into something new.

Originality, of course, is what occurs when something new arises out of what's already been done.

Follow your genius closely enough, and it will not fail to show you a fresh prospect every hour.

If you don't have an idea, all you have is style.

What is originality? To see something that is as yet without a name, that is as yet impossible to designate, even though it staresus in the face. The way it usually is with people, it is a thing's name that makes it perceptible to them in the first place.--For the most part, the original ones have also been the name-givers.

I try to never repeat a character. I always try to find something new and fresh and interesting that inspires me.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

I never really put pressure on myself to make things seem new and spontaneous, mostly because I think everything is kind of derivative at this point. I enjoy the old-fashioned idea of like, His Girl Friday and Bringing Up Baby, those old movies. Those relationships are kind of where I've gotten inspiration for this character and this relationship. But I think what makes it new is just the words coming out of my mouth personally, and my take on it based on my own personal life experience is hopefully going to add something a little different, and add some flavor to it.

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.