Scott Frank Quotes

Early in my career, having many visible tattoos created obstacles and presented quite a challenge to move forward. I've heard comments like, 'actors don't have tattoos.' The notion of typecasting was a reoccurring theme despite my passion toward creativity and personal expression.

I love writing, but I have that E. E. Cummings idea that as long as you stay inside the rules of your own world, it doesn't matter what it is.

I think my music covers a broader sound than just 'Tropical House'... My goal is to simply be a great producer in my own right without being pigeonholed.

I had been making films for almost ten years, and the head men at RKO thought of me only in terms of musicals. I found no fault with that, except I just couldn't stand being typed or pigeonholed as only a singing and dancing girl. I wanted to extend my range.

My best days do seem like a distillation of all that was best about school. Write a story! Paint a picture! Write a poem! Make a print!

I write poetry anyway and have for years and years. For me, putting fiction and poetry together is like the best of both worlds.

A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life.

Writing is not a competitive sport. Everyone that writes has his or her own voice.

As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged down in it.

I want to be a poet and have a chance to explore that and let people know what's really on my mind.

Am I R&B because I'm black? Am I pop because I have a song called 'Milkshake'? Or can I just be who the hell I am? Good Lord, people make it seem like we're doing heart transplants here, but we're just making music!

I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.

I'm a writer, and I will write what I want to write.

There are two sides to being pigeonholed. There's, 'Oh, no, I'm going to be Chandler for the rest of my life,' but there's also the fact that getting to play Chandler opened up doors to me. It's now my job to find things that shake it up a little bit.

I have worried about getting pigeon-holed, but now I think I've done enough weird, offbeat stuff not to be. And I also know that I do things for the right reasons: I've made my money, so I don't have to say yes to anything.

I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write music. I get to write sketches. I get to write movies. It's the best job ever.

I've definitely been typecast, but I have time to do other things and I was glad to have the chances I did.

I am in that glorious position where I can redesign and re-package my own work.

I'm a writer, not a genre.

In 'Out of the Dark,' I'm talking about my own life. I'm not talking as a character or speaking as a character. I was not as free as when I write fiction.

I have enjoyed writing my own stuff, and it's been a privilege to be able to scrap some money together to be able to make films from my own scripts.

I wanted to make my sophomore film as different as possible. I didn't want to be pigeonholed. I didn't want to be identifiable.

I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work.

Any time you're a type, your career's over.

I wouldn't want to be just pigeonholed as an extravagant director.