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I don't think of myself as an artist. I'm just a guy who can write.

You don't make any money being an artist. Writing and producing? You get your money from that. You live comfortable.

I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.

I can't really see myself as an artist. Now, to step out here and there, do it when I feel like it, that's a possibility. But for me to be a full-fledged, full-time artist in the industry, I don't think so.

From an artist's point of view, I always want to work with the writers I admire.

Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.

Writing is my job. I don't think of it as art.

The only way for me to be an artist is to be honest in my craft. If I veer from that, I'm not giving the investors what they want. Sometimes it's my job as an artist to know what I want to do, even when the fans tell me different.

I'm an artist, and the need to get inside myself and be creative and be other people is a part of who I am. I don't imagine I'll abandon that completely.

I think I am a writer, but professionally I feel drawn to and suited for directing.