Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

I think you're put here on earth to enjoy yourself. And I'm doing that.

If you're not having fun - I don't care what you're doing - don't do it. Move on. Find something else, life's too short.

I'm absolutely doing what I enjoy.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

I often find it easier to be teaching or giving to others, and often struggle with the place of my own pleasure and joy.

I'm not a masochist. I'm simply into trying to enjoy what I do, because otherwise there's no point.

I don't want to ever, ever do something in life that isn't fun. Ever.

When my mother died, it sort of put a damper on things. My career didn't have the same significance or excitement. It had always been about doing well for my family - my brothers, sisters, father, mother. Then something interesting and important happened - I started doing things for me.

I'm going to do as much as I can with this life, and then I'm going to make sure to take some time off and be simple and ride my bike and hang out with friends.

There was a point where I was making four movies a year. I was always on a set. I had no stories to tell. I was feeling empty. My life was just luggage and hotels and from set to set, from character to character. And one day, I said, 'And where is mine?' You know? And the moment I started to feel that fear, I stopped and I slowed down.

For myself, Queer Eye feeds more to my heart and my soul than as a platform for a career.

I look to see what things I enjoy doing and just try to figure out how to spend my time doing things that I enjoy.

It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.

It's weird. I don't really have goals. I just try to make sure I'm enjoying what I'm doing. Once I start to get sick of it, the next thing becomes obvious.

You've got to live your life, you've got to enjoy it.

People say, what is she thinking? I'm thinking: fun; cash; travel.

I couldn't do anything I didn't enjoy.

I've been doing some writing, which I find very cathartic and fun.

I spent a lot of my 20s just trying to make other people happy, rather than trying to figure out if doing that made me happy.

I do things that I actually love and understand.

When I uploaded my very first video, I was just looking for something to make me happy. I was confused about what I was doing in my life and had earned a degree that I didn't really enjoy. With that video, I was finally doing something I was passionate about. So it was my way of self-medicating.

I'm going to do what feeds my soul.

You have to have something in your life that's more important than the work. People don't really like to admit that. They say, 'Oh, my work is my most important thing.'

I'm just cruising, doing me, having a good time and focusing on getting better.

Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people.