Zoe Cassavetes Quotes

I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.

I think with pictures; I'm a very lousy writer. If I write without pictures, I become this pathetic chick sitting somewhere trying to be interesting.

I think that's just part of how it is with making art. Sometimes you're just flooded with ideas, and then other times you're questioning all the ideas you ever had before, and everything is just... lame.

I'm super confident about creative stuff, and I'm really not confident about human interactions stuff.

writing is the loneliest job in the world. There's always that frustrating chasm to bridge between the concept and the writing of it. We're a harassed tribe, we writers.

I'm a painter, I'm an artist. I take things too far sometimes. I really need some comfort.

I'm totally myself.

I think the way kids create is so inspiring. They're drawing a picture? They love the picture they drew; they're not tortured about it.

I liked drawing and painting, because the only failure would be to listen to the doubters who wanted me to stop drawing and painting because 'you aren't going to make a living doing that.' I liked looking in art books at the work of painters.

I was trying to be a writer, and I was kind of getting sidetracked, so I started doing cartoons as a form of expression.

I'm always gonna be all over my CD the most, of course. My talent is my talent. I ain't really tripping off no ego; I just like to make good music with good people.

It's important to find what really suits who you are, because style isn't only what you wear, it's what you project.

I don't think I'm making any great statements, and I certainly don't think I'm making art.

I tell you it's no joke to paint a portrait. I wonder that I am not more timid when I begin. I feel almost certain that I can do it. It seems very simple. I don't think of the time that is sure to come when I almost despair, when the whole thing seems hopeless.

I think it's important to have your own individual style and sense of self. It's kind of what I do.

I think a person has to just be herself.

Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.

I work best in rhyme and meter. I was most confident of myself in that way.

Coming where I'm coming from, really, my family name isn't a pressure because, you know, music is not like sports, where you can go and do a hundred reps in a gym and come out and be all buffed up. Music is an expression of what's inside of you. And that's how I make music.

I'm starting to find my own style.

People say if you're doing an art project, that's different from a book, but I honestly don't see it. I try and try, and I just don't.

I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.

Success gave me confidence as an artist. And now I'm able to do what I want without anybody thinking it's dumb.

I'm not the type of woman who shows off my body; I'm a vocalist and I'm a writer and I think people see that more so than they see anything else. That's just who I am.

I'm just trying to have fun, and maybe the way I hold myself kind of freaks people out. I don't feel like an outsider, and I think my friends feel the same way I do. Now that we're playing to larger audiences, maybe we're weird to some people. But I'm trying to express what I am.