Spike Jonze Quotes & Sayings (Page 10)

“When I'm making stuff, the thing that excites me most is not the result, but the process and trying to do something I've never done before.”

“When you're close to somebody, you can never really know how they're experiencing the world.”

“Whenever I start writing, I try to put together songs that feed the feeling of the movie.”

“Writing is hard.”

“You can go on Nike's website and choose exactly what fabrics and colours and shapes you want your sneakers to come in.”

“You get a buzz when getting texts: 'Oh, someone's thinking about me.'”

“As creatives, it's a hard thing to push, to make something you're truly excited about, especially if you've written 100 different concepts and they keep getting shot down.”

“Emotions are messy and hard to figure out. Hard to know where you start and the next person stops. Even as an adult, that's a hard thing to know. As a kid, it can be really confusing, because it's all new and you're trying to sort of make your map.”

“Everything in L.A. is - it's just an easy place to live in. The houses are nice, the backyards are nice, you got the ocean right there and the mountains behind you; there's an idealised easiness to the way you live and the whole environment.”

“I definitely liked the Muppets. I definitely liked Yoda in 'Empire Strikes Back' and Chewbacca. I don't know if I was a fan of puppets or those, like, specific characters.”