Isolation in creative work is an onerous thing. Better to have negative criticism than nothing at all.
I don't read blogs but occasionally people tell me about what they contain, and I do take questions that come from blogs.
Sometimes you're trapped in writing songs and you don't have enough distance from what you do anymore and you need the talent and the years of other people to come and jump in.
I always think it's useful to get an outside opinion.
My solo series, in some ways, have been rarely truly solo.
At some point during the filmmaking process, you lose objectivity, and you need the eyes of someone who understands the process and has been in the trenches.
It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
There are a lot of people who give you their opinions on what to do.
I'm a big believer in bringing in other creative minds; I do it in my commercial work.
What if Shakespeare had had a test audience for Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet?
On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively.
You become sort of insulated in this bubble when you're working on something that it's hard to have an outsider's perspective on what works and what doesn't so it's always good to see what other people think.
