Roald Amundsen Quotes

No, I never planned my life.

I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.

I am more of a surprise kind of guy. I love to find out as I go.

I did everything by the seat of my pants. That's why I got hurt so much.

It kind of varies according to what I'm doing and what my situation is, but, most of the time, I have no idea what I'm doing until the day of.

I'm a guy that, when there's something rolling out there, the predetermined rotations might go right in the garbage can.

I've never been one to make plans, because I never wanted to disappoint myself.

If I knew where I was going, I wouldn't do it. When I can predict or plan it, I don't do it.

I wish to God I was organized enough to tell you that, 'Yes, there will be 14 books, and this one will go here, and that one will go there'... but to be honest, I hardly know what I'm going to do when I get up in the morning.

I always leave room for serendipity and chance.

There's actually something interesting about having no rehearsal time - you have to just walk in and go with your gut, which is exciting.

I have no time for specialized concerns, working themes or variations that lead to mastery... I like the indefinite, the boundless; I like continual uncertainty. Other qualities may be more conducive to achievement, publicity, success; but they are all outworn - as outworn as ideologies, opinions, concepts and names for things.

I don't have a game plan. I have no idea what I'll be doing next.

Strictly by the nature of 'Veep,' in any given moment, a lot can go wrong.

With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.

When you plan something, it never works.

I set up situations that involve abandoning control and finding out what happens.

Life isn't a science. We make it up as we go.

If I planned everything out in advance, I'd expire of boredom.

I'm not afraid of chaos and I'm happy talking to strangers. I really love not knowing where I'm going.

Rash indeed is he who reckons on the morrow, or happily on days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.

I think I get credit for my timing because most of the time, I really have no idea where I'm going with it.

So much of making movies is about discovery on the day, what you're figuring out. If you know everything going in, then it's not worth doing - it's already done.

The slightest thing can ruin a scene, but you must be willing to take chances.

I'm not a planner. I like to try something different, to just see what happens.