Quotes About Perspective

I'm not sure what I want to do when I grow up, or if I'm sure I ever want to grow up. I'm sure there are people that wish I would, but you know, my mom will get over it.

That's why I write fiction, because I want to write these stories that people will read and find universal.

I think, as a white person, I do not want to speak for a black person.

I have been the guy who has everything but yet is so one-track minded about what I want, that I can't see my blessings.

People can say anything they want to. If they don't want to get the news from me, get it from somebody else. It's not something I'm going to worry about, I'm sorry.

If you are asking the wrong question, it doesn't matter how good the answer is, you aren't going to get where you want to go.

Some people don't even notice. "Oh, you sound exactly like you did!" And I say, "OK, if that's what you want to believe, that's fine."

I don't mind aging, I just don't want to be a day older.

If you want something to be true badly enough, you can rewrite it that way, in your head. You can even start to believe it.

I have never understood why it is called losing a child. No parent is that careless. We all know exactly where our sons and daughters are; we just don't necessarily want them to be there

What if what you know isn't what people want to hear?

I never believe I'm presenting objective reality; I also don't want to delude people into thinking that my subject is talking directly to them.

My attitude is, I am not a lawyer; I am not a doctor; I am not a scientist. I am a filmmaker and I want to present what each side is saying and let the viewer come to their own conclusion.

I only look at things in a short term of a few years, but admittedly, I reevaluate what I'm doing, and whether I want to continue touring or not.

I prefer older people to college kids [as audience] for the most part. I want people with life experience, people that understand where I'm coming from.

I was never one of those people who thought, 'What I really want to do is direct.' It never occurred to me.

People are people, and they want to know about their own experiences.

People will think what they want to," he said quietly. Never take too much notice of it.

As a reader, I don't feel a story has an obligation to make me happy. I want stories to show me a bigger world than the one I know.

When time passes, it's the people who knew you whom you want to see; they're the ones you can talk to. When enough time passes, what's it matter what they did to you?

At GQ, there was never a temptation to pander or preach to the choir because I had no concept of who the reader was or what that reader might want.

The main focus for me is not trying to find duet partners. It's about just making great songs. I want most of my album to be in my voice, because it's my point of view.

I'm still quite small-minded and small-town, and people look at me like, "You're too famous to remember me." I want to give them a tap on the shoulder and thank them.

The force of the guinea you have in your pocket depends wholly on the default of a guinea in your neighbour's pocket. If he did not want it, it would be of no use to you.