Claire Messud Quotes

I spent so many years shuffled around. I'm used to it and can deal with it.

When you're picking up and moving, it does create... well, I can sleep anywhere, which is really useful, it turns out, on movie sets. But what it really does is teach you how to adapt and change and fit into a new group or school, and that really is a lot like turning up to a new movie project and finding your place.

We moved from place to place, and it was hard to adjust to different schools. But we made it.

Life will force you to make changes you never wanted to make.

Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.

I've been fortunate in that I've been forced to move from zone to zone.

I've been no stranger to change.

Life is all getting used to what you're not used to.

What I know for sure is that the only way to endure the quake is to adjust your stance. You can't avoid the daily tremors. Don't fight them. Just find a different way to stand.

Change is always a little bit strange.

There has been a lot of movement in my family, but in a way, it has been great. It has made me adaptable. I can plonk myself anywhere.

It's actually very hard when you're settled in one place to completely uproot yourself and go.

Why go somewhere else and start up all over again?

As much as I didn't want to change, lifestyles do change.

When you're in a situation that is foreign to you, you just have to pull yourself together and adapt.

I went to 11 different schools. It was a fantastic adventure, but I was incredibly sensitive and needed a bit more stability.

We moved from the East coast to the town of Spokane, Washington, when I was about 13 years old, and I did not adapt very well to the, to the style of the place, and I spent most of my time in the public library.

Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant.

Some things are difficult to adapt to.

There was a bit of a readjustment period because I didn't know what it was going to be like. I didn't know what was happening, how it was going to be, how it was all going to feel. As time went on it was great. Everything felt good so we decided to go with it.

Change is not threatening.

Place and displacement have always been central for me. A type of insecurity goes with that: you are always following the cues, like learning the dance steps when the dance is already under way.

I've grown accustomed to hotels and drastic climate change.

Whenever you get into a new environment, it's scary. You don't know the people; you're not really comfortable with the machine that the show is.

Change is something that is expected and, therefore, not resisted.