If I’m hanging around too much, my wife and kids say, ‘Hey, why don’t you go downstairs and start a new novel?’
NICK CAVEIt’s very important that the music has a sense of adventure to it, and that it’s done by the seat of your pants. There’s a kind of nervy element about it.
More Nick Cave Quotes
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I’ve always had an obligation to creation, above all.
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The problem with books, now that I’ve written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new.
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I have things that I’m interested in, and I’m not really interested in writing about anything that I’m not interested in. But it’s important to me to be able to see it from a different perspective, and add something new to the whole picture.
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Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.
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No wonder sorrow doesn’t smile much. No wonder sadness is so sad.
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Writing screenplays makes me a better musician because it clears my head. After writing a movie, I go running back to music as fast as I can.
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A gentleman never talks about his tailor.
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I love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you’re reaching for the Kleenex at the right moment.
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I have a particular dislike for children’s films. I’m way past the novelty aspect.
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We as visual artists need to continue to be renegades and say, “Yes I am here to do a project, but what is the social service?”
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Your limitations make you the wonderful disaster you most probably are.
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The body becomes the carrier for the work. It’s not really about the physical body; it really becomes the apparatus that carries and moves the work. I don’t really consider the body as much; I look at it as a tool.
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Texting is apocalyptic on some level. It’s a reduction of things.
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Inspiration is a word used by people who aren’t really doing anything. I go into my office every day that I’m in Brighton and work. Whether I feel like it or not is irrelevant.
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I’m a big fan of teatowels and am always on the lookout for a good one.
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