Roy Halladay Quotes

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

I want to do something that people have not seen before... surprise everyone. There has to be variety in work.

I didn't expect such a huge reaction, but I knew I was doing something different to everything else that was happening at the time.

People get surprised by my choices. But that comes from me looking for something new.

By nature, men love newfangledness.

If you do something new, it will always look a little bit strange.

What's missing from pop music is danger.

I like to do things that are surprising and different.

I'm someone who always wants to do everything differently. If I have a pattern, I'd rather I didn't have a pattern. I want every book to be unpredictable and new. Damn it!

I have a hatred of familiarity. If I feel like I am doing something I've done before, it feels old and done. I feel I have no choice but to strike out in directions that feel new - anything less just doesn't seem worth it.

We do worry that we might be making something we've made before. It's important that we make something we've never made before.

Nobody's interested in something that could've been done before.

The easiest thing is to create something no one has ever seen before. There's a reason no one's ever seen it - because someone tried it, and it didn't work in the real world.

We'll support anyone who's doing something fresh.

When you do anything completely different from a beaten path, many tend to pounce on you.

I want to do things not many have done.

It's always good to do something that is not a repeat. I just don't believe in repeating.

Nothing I've done is like anything else I've done before.

I always want to do something groundbreaking, something different. I think that's what it's always about. If you have the means to do it, why not?

I'd rather take risks than make something that's cookie cutter.

If you aren't giving people something to talk about, you've become too dull.

I wanted each of my books to be very different from the others, each to be special and uncategorizable, and I knew I could only do that a few times before I was in danger of repeating myself.

I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various.

I think that all my albums are different enough where I don't feel like I did this the last time.

Aside from 'Hatchet II' and 'Hatchet III,' I've never repeated myself. I try to keep doing things that are totally different.