Quotes About Boundaries

I realised that I couldn't live in a box. It was not for me.

In 'Min Kamp,' I wanted to see how far it was possible to take realism before it would be impossible to read.

I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.

To be a proactive person, you must learn to say no to most ideas and opportunities so you have the mental and physical bandwidth to execute the realistic business plans you have already mapped out.

People are trying to grab every part of you, so it's really hard to focus.

What we can do where we live is advocate again to bring back to life the 10th Amendment, to bring back to life those boundaries in our constitutional system that were supposed to be the critical checks in the checks and balances system. Without them, we lose - gradually, we lose our liberty.

I said yes too much. I said yes to certain projects that weren't for me. It was somebody else's vision and somebody else's dream and somebody else's artistic endeavor, but it didn't necessarily fit in my grand scheme.

I don't like being over-friendly, as people could take me for granted.

You can't take me for granted!

Graphic novels let you take risks that just wouldn't fly in the conventional book form.

Sometimes nudity is gratuitous. We just live in a society where everything goes.

I do say no to things that I think are completely gratuitous.

All great art allows us this: a glimpse across the limits of our self.

Creepy people do the things that decent people want to do, but have decided are not a great idea.

You can't stop demographics. And show me a fence that ever worked. It didn't work at Hadrian's Wall. The Great Wall of China didn't work. The Berlin Wall.

When I first got started, I used to say I just want to stay in the studio, I want to make good music, I want to sing my heart out, and I didn't think I'd have people following me to a grocery store or following me home or stuff like that.

There is an ever-widening gap between what science allows and what we should actually do. There are many doors science can open that should be kept closed, on prudential or ethical grounds.

I haven't had a lot of 'Games Of Thrones' groupies. The fans seem to be really nice. They don't seem that invasive.

The audience for comics has shifted dramatically. And the boundaries between books and fine arts have blurred. Maybe it's the globalization of fine art through the Internet - it's easy for certain groups to coalesce around a certain kind of work or medium.

Many dogs grow up without rules or boundaries. They need exercise, discipline and affection in that order.

I guarantee whenever I get married or have a baby, everyone is going to want to know my kid's name and I'm not going to say it for ages. That's just the way I want to do it. It'll come out but it won't have come from me.

I think you have to be guarded but not closed off.

I can't be so guarded up all the time. I know it's not healthy.

This whole generation of parents - I'm guilty of it too - does too much for their kids.