“Having good ideas is critical to the success of any creative work.”

“There is a reciprocal action between the work of art and the viewer. The river changes the work of art and criticism can also change the artist... There are so many ideas afloat; any of them could have triggered the work of art. It is impossible to determine exactly if the idea has been transmitted by the critic, or if the work itself has determined its outcome..”

“In any critical situation the forward move is a creative act.”

“A good number of works owe their success to the mediocrity of their authors' ideas, which match the mediocrity of those of the general public.”

“In any creative field--any creative field--you must first understand that you have no value whatsoever. Your work has no value whatsoever. You are completely worthless. Whatever potential you have is just that--potential--and when you are discussing self-publishing a comic book, you have about the same chance of success as 10 thousand others.”

“A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism.”

“Any work is creative work if done by a thinking mind.”

“There are some directors who actually fear the possible success of music. They fear that the audience or the critics will think the film has worked because there was a very good music score.”

“If you're waiting to have good ideas before you have any ideas, you won't have many ideas.”

“If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.”