Quotes About Autonomy

I really like directors who give you a certain amount of autonomy because I think a lot about my characters and I think a lot about scenes and choices.

All of us are in the same place, each with our own rooms, and we were allowed to do whatever we wanted. Which is totally different than college, where they manage your schedule for you. In the NBA, you're on your own.

I can't live my life according to anyone else's schedule.

I never liked being told what to do, so even in school plays, I never liked being an actor.

I wasn't good with authority, went to lots of schools, didn't like the fact that there was no autonomy.

In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.

If I lead my life according to someone else, I've screwed my life up.

I always write the script by myself.

At some point, I would like to start creating my own things. If people don't write the scripts I like, then I will do my own.

I think we'd like to direct. Not so much because we'd like to be directors... we'd like to see how one of our scripts would do if it didn't get changed.

I'm not running for anything but my own seat.

I don't have any assistants, I do it all myself, I don't have any secretaries.

Other people can have all the children they want. Some people ask for no-smoking sections. I ask for no children.

There are days when I still want to be able to do what I want when I want, but there's also something wonderful about being secure.

We all need to decide what makes it safe and secure on the Internet. It can't be anybody else's decision. We have to have a voice.

What did I owe the rest of the world? Nothing.

This band doesn't owe anything to anybody.

I don't owe nobody nothing.

I don't feel like I owe anybody other than my child and my family anything.

I don't feel I owe anyone anything.

I don't owe any explanations for anybody I'm fighting.

Nobody owes anything to anybody. You are your authentic self to whom and when you choose to be, and if you don't know somebody, then why would you explain to them how you live your life?

I try to go through my life not owing anything to anyone.

I'm my own boss, you know?