Steven Bochco Quotes

I didn't want to play these people any more songs and have them say that they weren't good enough. So my response was to just not be able to write anymore. I know that's not the healthiest of responses.

I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of their first successful book, that the next book never pleases the way the prior one did. It simply increased my sense of being challenged.

It's hard to write when you think every sentence is going to be read by a million kids.

I think there have been some periods when the writing almost became a bit of a burden.

If you make your living writing, and you can't write anything, it's over. It's very frightening.

It's so nerve-wracking to be on a set. They're the most stressful place in the world, because you're making something permanent, and there are so many people relying on you in a lot of ways.

Instead of thinking that's a nice tune, you start thinking is it the right pace, is it the right tempo? That is the death nell for artists.

I don't think I can do this - painting under observation. It's the worst thing there is, worse than being in the hospital.

I had writer's block for almost a year.

I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real.

The thing I worry about is, what happens when your talent flees? Because you see that with writers sometimes: they start writing these awful books. And there's something sort of horrifying about it.

Aly and I went through just a long period of time where we just didn't feel creative musically. And, you know, we went through the whole writer's block thing, and we went through having two pretty successful records and figuring out how we want to transition as adults.

It's not like I've got 100 ideas. I finish a book, and I've got none.

I go through long periods of time when I don't write, and I'm fine.

I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank.

I never get writer's block, but I do have days where I crawl under the duvet.

I had written or cowritten eight of the ten songs on 'Beauty and the Beat,' and I had written our biggest hit, 'We Got the Beat.' How was I going to top all of that?

If I screw up then everyone's paying attention and I'll hear about it.

I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real. It was like a psychological battle to be creative. I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'

At home in my room, I'm funny, but if I'm commissioned to be that, I don't feel very funny.

I try not to think about the success, because it's pressure to continue making music.

It stresses me out writing songs,; I get really super nervous and speedy. I feel like I'm possessed.

It is hard to enjoy life in a national team.

I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'

Writers' rooms are terrifying. You take someone whose never done this before, and this is their life's dream that is about to happen or not about to happen - that is an amazing amount of pressure to have.