Quotes About Fulfillment

Then there are the people who know me from the lectures. What I am really trying to do, what I need to accomplish at this time, is to fill in the gaps.

What's the point of doing a brilliant Hedda Gabler in my back garden if no one will ever see it?

The first time that I saw people actually make the thing that I wrote was my first episode of 'Six Feet Under.' It was called 'Back To The Garden.'

I want to have a family and I'd like to live in a lovely big house, with a massive driveway and gates and loads of kids.

Sex is the gateway to life.

I really get enjoyment and fulfilment out of making my own gear and being creative.

If someone gave me the chance to create something, I put myself into it. I just want to try to do something that will last forever and that won't leave people saying, 'Gee, it could have been better, it could've been this, it could've been that.'

You don't get a script sent to you for two years, it crosses your mind, 'Gee, what's going on?' Then five years pass, and pretty soon a decade has gone by. Finally, you say to yourself, 'Well, if in fact that's it, then let me be happy with 30 pictures that made about $460 million and pictures that made a lot of people laugh.'

There are challenging days - but I'd tell people they should really do what they are interested in and not think about their gender.

There's nothing wrong with having a bit of fun as long as I continue to do my duties as General Manager.

My goal is to generate more material for myself.

Maybe it's a generational thing, but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I just wanted to be the best.

I want a desirable place to work to attract and keep them here. So you try to create an environment for people to do their best work, and be generous on the benefit side.

I love the industry I'm in, and it's been really generous to me.

I think there's only one reason to write in any genre or to any particular age group: You are called to it. You think it'd be fun.

When I started writing, it felt good, and I knew I was in the right genre.

I would like to act in films of all genres.

My career has worked out exactly how I like, and I am just happy to go to a coffee shop and nobody knows me, or when they do, they are complimenting me on the work they have seen, and it feels very genuine.

I think, a lot of times, people think they know what they want, but what they really want is something that's genuine.

It's all about trying to find those projects where you get to enjoy yourself, because I think that's when you create as well: when you're genuinely excited about something. Then you're not just doing it because it's your job.

I genuinely find the most meaningful thing I do is to make music, but also to absorb some sort of creativity.

Every day, I genuinely count my blessings. One of the greatest things in life is to do a job you really enjoy.

I'll be very content if I never play 'Devil Went Down to Georgia' again.

I don't think, like, 'I've got to sell so many records here, or so many records there.' That's the record label's job. They've got to worry about how were doing in Kazakhstan or Germany. My job is just to write and sing.