Tamora Pierce Quotes

There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original.

I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to. In the beginning it was about doing it the right way, on the merits of the music.

When I designed my first house in L.A., I didn't have any money - I did it all on my own. I liked that.

I'm the type of person that doesn't like to wait for people to do things for me, and I never want to feel stuck. Why sit around and be like, 'I wish my label would book me some studio time,' if I can just buy my own studio equipment and figure out how to run Pro Tools and record it myself?

And I found that when I built my own place and just shut the door, the creativity was endless.

If I need something, I'll invent it.

If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.

If you're an only child, you spend a lot of time by yourself, and you develop a strong ability to entertain yourself, to conjure up fantasy.

I know that you're better off making your own products, not just waiting for someone to hand you something.

The do-it-yourself lifestyle is something that I've translated into wrestling.

The way we do our architecture is to show that we can come up with our own solutions. We don't just take orders.

I'm not in the business of telling people 'DIY or die,' but I do think it's important to be as hands-on with what you're doing as possible.

Wherever the wind blows me, I'll go! My eventual goal is to have enough experience to produce something on my own.

At the end of the day, I come from a culture and an upbringing where you create your own path. There is no seat at the table for you? You create your own opportunity.

When there is no work, I create my own.

The vividness of children is easier to see when they're completely left to their own devices.

I do it all, man. I produce, I do my own wardrobe and my own ironing, too!

The only ones who can really benefit by consulting the model are those who can produce their effect without a model.

The poorer children were, to her mind, often better behaved, less whiny, more creative in making use of their own time, and have a well-developed sense of independence.

Being independent... is being innovative out of inspiration as well as necessity.

Look at nature, work independently, and solve your own problems.

I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for yourself in order to be self-sufficient. There's nothing especially brave about wandering dark streets with no flashlight, but we are not supposed to need help, even from light. We are supposed to be capable of anything. I like that. Because their might come a day when there is no flashlight, there is no gun, there is no guiding hand. And I want to be ready.

If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.

You are not likely to bring out the best in people or nurture their creativity if every time you hear about their problems you instantly offer a solution Encourage people to look for their own solutions-and project the knowledge that they are capable of doing so.

How then shall they have the play-games you allow them, if none must be bought for them?" I answer, they should make them themselves, or at least endeavour it, and set themselves about it. ...And if you help them where they are at a stand, it will more endear you to them than any chargeable toys that you shall buy for them.