Amber Liu Quotes

I've been wanting to produce for some time because I want to have more creative control over the things that I do and not be victim to the whims of other people's desires.

I didn't want to just be an artist and let someone else have all that control over me. I knew I would have to produce.

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.

I like my work to stand on its own as much as possible.

Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits.

I don't like to work with assistants. I'm already one too many; the camera alone would be enough.

I think it's great anytime somebody can be in control of their own distribution.

The reason I wanted to do a webcomic was that I could be my own boss, and I could call the shots myself.

I still want to do features, but on my own terms.

I'm 100 percent in control of my artistry, music, and finances.

I don't care what the public wants, I'm going to give it what it needs!

The joy about the recording is that you are your own boss. You don't have a director telling you how to do it.

A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.

I don't control anything I create.

What is nice about this sport is that I am responsible for most everything.

I am never driven. Every film I've made has been an assignment.

I need to find a way of retaining creative control.

I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do.

I would prefer myself to own all of my brand, where everything I am responsible for myself.

The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself.

It was a question of helping a man prepare in the way that suits him best. The theory is if you give a man responsibility for his own actions, then it is up to him to accept that responsibility.

I do often feel that the single greatest thing about my job is that I don't have a boss. I'm like an overweight Han Solo: I take orders from just one person - me.

For this album I was determined to do it my way. Take my time. I'm gonna win, lose or draw on my own.

I did come from a pretty independent-minded family.