Creative Project Quotes

I do have aspirations when it comes to directing, I suppose, but in a sort of a vague way. It would probably come about if I found a project that I really felt passionate about.

An album is a project with which you have to hit hard.

I did a short film with Donald Glover for one of his Childish Gambino projects, and Flying Lotus was an actor in it.

I'm working on the Star Wars script today and the people in my office have covered up all my windows with black paper. I guess they wanted to make sure no one could see what I was doing. It seems rather extreme.

Bjork, I'd love to do something with her. I'd love to do some sort of crazy orchestral choir thing with her.

I want to make something commercial that people can pick up on.

As an artist, I don't care about where we are in the charts and all that. The important thing to me is to connect with a creative project.

I'm writing a musical. I am. I was able to buy the rights to 'The Preacher's Wife,' which starred Whitney Houston... I'm writing a whole new score and all the lyrics for it.

I love the band Haim. I would love to do something with them.

How many chances to you get to make a musical about a serial killer? The minute Tim Burton approached me, I was in.

I would love to direct a movie, something I really like with a great cast. What a dream!

Yes, there is some thought about making a film of My Name Is Asher Lev.

The first project, I made 16 songs and put 12 of them on the mixtape.

I went to NYU graduate film school and met Pam [Romanowsky], and after doing a few things with her I thought she had the right sensibility and that she could figure it [The Adderall Diaries] out.

I was confident about the potential of 'Baaghi 2' when I greenlit it, but the final product has blown me away.

I can't imagine how much time it took Matt Bucy to cut up 'The Wizard of Oz' and reassemble every word of dialog into alphabetical order. The resulting movie is called 'Of Oz the Wizard.'

'All-Star Wonder Woman' would get worked on in what is laughably referred to as my 'spare time.' I just ended up with less and less time to devote to it. Eventually, we all realized that it was taking forever, so we just all agreed to hold off on it 'til the time was right to do it properly. Well, I still have a contract; DC never tore it up.

I am beyond excited to share 'Transparent' with the world through Amazon. They've been so supportive through this incredible process.

If I produce it, I will stage it as a performance. A small audience will be invited; rehearsals of the sections will be done in the mornings, and those sections will be recorded in the afternoons.

'John Henry Days' was already half in the can before my first book came out, so I'd already started something that was big and sprawling - I just had to finish it.

First off, from reading the script and knowing that I was going to be apart of it, I'm a huge 'Wizard of Oz' fan so to be involved in something that was connected to the original books was really exciting for me and it was very different than anything I had ever worked on before.

I've been thinking about a cookbook. I've been making notes and promising myself I'll do it some day. I have an idea for a cookbook and music together.

I listened to the script of 'Carbon' at the end of 2014. I liked it the moment I heard it. I wanted to do it.

I want to do a love story. I really want to do a love story.

I think it's the most extraordinary studio around. I would love to do my next project with Pixar.