David Levithan Quotes

I think if you don't have it [desire], you're not going to be pushed into anything. You've got to want to do something.

Mastery is not a question of genetics of luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stirs you from within.

Money is not a motivating factor. I do what comes to me at that moment.

You must find another reason to work, other than the desire for success or recognition. It must come from another place.

Motivation comes from within each individual. It's a personal thing. It's pride, guts, desire, whatever you want to call it; some people have it in their bellies, and some don't.

No one can force me to do something unless I'm passionate about it.

Being relatively unmoved by rewards gives you the incalculable power to go your own way.

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it.

I want to do it because I want to do it.

I have never been motivated by money.

I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.

I've trained myself not to put too much emphasis on awards, only because I never got into acting to win an award.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

But where there is no art show, I would still be painting.

There's so many other things I want to do. I don't want to do them to be different or just for a challenge, but because my heart and soul tell me to.

I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.

You make you work for yourself. It's the feeling of, 'If nobody ever saw it, that'd be fine, too.'

The money is nice, but I am not in this game for the money.

I will act because I enjoy it.

I do it for myself and for like-minded people. Half the time I don't know why I make what I do. I'd do this if no one was listening. I'm stuck. I've got the curse.

Be motivated by something beyond simply money or glory.

You cannot make a person want to fight.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal. I've never sought it (though I desire it) and seek it less and less.

You need to find your OWN purpose. I cannot BUILD desire.