None of my other investments give me the joy that autographs do because they make me feel that I am holding a piece of history in my hands.
Malcolm ForbesRead
Producing a series is like being Lewis and Clark: You know where you're going, you just don't know how you're going to get there. When people say, 'You should create a bible for your show,' I say, 'You don't want a bible. It'll prevent you from making discoveries along the way.' And that's what happened on 'The X-Files.'
Interpretation
Creating is an exploratory journey where flexibility leads to discovery.
In this quote, Chris Carter compares the process of producing a series to the adventurous journey of Lewis and Clark. He emphasizes that while a creator may have a vision, the path to realizing that vision should remain open to new discoveries and changes, rather than being confined by strict plans or predetermined guidelines, which might stifle creativity and spontaneous innovation.
In practice
When giving a talk about the creative process in filmmaking.
None of my other investments give me the joy that autographs do because they make me feel that I am holding a piece of history in my hands.
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
Cubism was an attack on the perspective that had been known and used for 500 years. It was the first big, big change. It confused people: they said, 'Things don't look like that!'
It is almost impossible to reconcile self expression with the creative act.
Actors in any capacity, artists of any stripe, are inspired by their curiosity, by their desire to explore all quarters of life, in light and in dark, and reflect what they find in their work. Artists instinctively want to reflect humanity, their own and each other's, in all its intermittent virtue and vitality, frailty and fallibility.
The writer has no responsibility other than to jack off in bed alone and write a good page.
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