Jerry Spinelli Quotes

I feel the way I always do about sequels. If there's an idea that excites me enough, and it feels like a way to do something new and fresh, then great. But I don't ever want to do a sequel just for the sake of doing a sequel.

I take a firm stand against sequels. My industry brethren are a little shocked at how firmly I'm committed to not doing sequels.

I don't want to repeat myself.

Nothing is said that has not been said before.

The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original.

There can be nothing more humiliating for a writer of fiction to have to do than restate a case that has already been made.

As we all know, sequels can be tricky.

I fear becoming formulaic. Some of my books are.

And I don't want people to think that I make movies based on other films.

Sequels are always tricky.

Duplication never works for anybody.

It's always about trying to do something that's different and not repeating yourself because then you lose your creative stamina. You need to have new challenges.

All my life, I wanted to sound like myself. I never wanted to sound like anybody else.

It's just I do things differently and I want people to appreciate music for what it is, and not because of a story.

Being in somebody else's thing and saying their words and not having any right to change it - I don't know how I'd deal with that. I'd like to think I could do it, but I just know I've got a dead particular taste.

I'd rather have people dislike my style than change it. If someone says, 'Hey, Yngwie, you play too damn much,' I don't care. They way I play is the way I like to play. If people like it, great. If they don't, it's still fine with me.

Why tell a story that people have seen 900 times? That's not interesting artistically.

You can filter certain stuff - it depends what artist you are - but you're never going to be true to yourself if you're worried about what other people think.

No artist wants to be perceived as a regurgitator.

Creativity is not about making 30 songs in 30 days. It's never about demand and supply. No one can possibly do that.

I'm just trying to be myself - make music how I make music.

When directors tell me they want a song like one, I tell them no song should be like another. I don't listen to directors.

I'm someone who speaks my mind, so it was important to me that my publisher value originality and creative expression.

There has to be that zeal to do something new and surprise yourself and audiences. You have to stay true to your craft, and that should never be sidelined.

Definitely that's the worst, to discover that something you're doing has already been done.