Creative Advantage Quotes

Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.

I think not having come from the DJ world was an asset to me at first because I didn't have some of the habits other DJs had, and I think in a way that set me apart.

It really helps a comedian to be an outsider.

Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.

It may well be that creativity is the last unfair advantage we're legally allowed to take over our competitors.

I often felt myself to be an outsider, which is great training for all writers.

The difficulty in the way of writing a children's play is that Barrie was born too soon. Many people must have felt the same about Shakespeare. We who came later have no chance. What fun to have been Adam, and to have had the whole world of plots and jokes and stories at one's disposal.

For a writer, and particularly a writer of my genre, which is the fantastical, I think that it's to my advantage to feel remote from and disconnected from the world of deal making.

It's commonly said that people who've been ill in childhood and who've had an upset education never really regret that they do. It means that you don't look at the world in the way that other people do, and if you were inclined to be a writer, that's a help.

From the first days of my career as an entrepreneur, I have always used my own and my team's lack of experience to our advantage. In fact, at our first venture, Student magazine, we used our newcomer status to secure great interviews and generate publicity - people were excited about our new project and wanted to get involved. Our inexperience fed our restless enthusiasm for trying new things, which became part of our core mission.

I'm a self-confessed geek, and my whole concept of music at first was entirely electronic. In many ways, it turned out to be an advantage. I was so green, so utterly naive about the nature of classical music, that I did things that made me look totally, deliberately unorthodox.

I was pretty spoiled growing up, creatively and artistically; we were exposed to a lot of different things. I remember watching my brother's friends struggle to get to the level he was at musically and wondering why they were having such a hard time.

When we began to tour, no one expected me to be a part of the band, so I used that as a tool, and would start the set off-stage or in the audience, as a surprise, because no one expected this little girl to get up and rock the way I do.

People asked me to change my name for [808s]...I think the fact that I can't sing that well is what makes "808s" so special.

I had something nobody else could do - I sang in a way that separated me - and, when you're trying to get noticed, you play your trump card.

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.

Maybe if I knew music I couldn't do what I am doing.

There's some brain damage, but it may be that very brain damage that allows me to do the work I do.

I use the right hemisphere of my brain and what I have is this advantage that makes me exceedingly interesting in pro wrestling.

I think that my past stands me in good stead in that it does have a certain strength for musicians.

You want a diverse writers' room, not because it's the fair thing to do or the right thing to do, but because it's the best thing to do for your show. I've seen that to be true.

Whenever you have the creator pulling your card and saying they want you to be a part of it, you're in a pretty good position.

It is always a pleasure to be directed by an actor because they know the scene from the actor's perspective, too. That's an advantage.

I don't have much foresight, and I think that's an asset for an actor.

Nothing is staged exactly as it was, because I can't remember - and I consider that an advantage.