Any creative process comes with a level of self-analysis and self-criticism. There's a lot of waking up in the middle of the night going, 'Oh, I wish I had done that differently.'
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One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.
I have a lot of what you might call creative self-loathing - I have pretty high expectations, and they seem to consistently be higher than what I'm able to accomplish.
And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.
When anyone starts out to do something creative - especially if it seems a little unusual - they seek approval, often from those least inclined to give it. But a creative life cannot be sustained by approval, any more than it can be destroyed by criticism - you learn this as you go on.
A lot of my writing is wish-fulfilment, making things the way I want them to be.
The one thing about my life that's different from others is that I wake up for no one, and for some reason, that's just good for your creativity.
You may stifle your creativity by learning too much about processes that should be spontaneous and automatic.
The reason I dislike talking about the creative process is that I do have a creative process that is a winner and it's a sure thing.
It's really important to find a humble approach to your own creative work, your own business work. To recognize that you can't do everything yourself.
I would say on a creative level I put a lot of pressure on myself.
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