Lou Doillon Quotes

I have built my life to pursue the new. I don't have family, don't know many people and I am usually ready to leave within an hour.

I love not having a daily routine, just having the things I need with me and going anywhere in the world.

I'm one of the most adaptable guys I know in as much as travelling is my favourite thing to do in life. With every place I go, I try to stay there long enough to do it justice, long enough so that I can at least imagine what it would be like to live there. Once I imagine that, then it's OK for me to return home.

A tent, a roll mat, a little bit of food, a bit of petrol in your tank and a vague idea of where you're going and that's all you need.

I just want pieces of the world.

I've lived a very nomadic life, which I enjoy.

I like driving. A lot. I think that's something I just enjoy the most. I can, at a moment's notice, drive across the country if, you know, I had to.

My experience of ships is that on them one makes an interesting discovery about the world. One finds one can do without it completely.

There's a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you're self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that catches your eye to the left, you can veer off there, which isn't so easy in a car, and you can't cover as much ground walking.

Laying tracks gives you freedom without being too obvious.

I can only go places because I know that I can go away from them, if that makes sense. I like the gypsy lifestyle that filming affords.

I live wherever I happen to be.

Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.

I'm a vagabond. I have a suitcase that is ready to go at a moment's notice. The thought of being in one place for a long time, or playing one character for a long time, is terrifying for me.

Place means nothing to me. I can be at home anywhere.

The thing about me is that I love variety. I like to try new things, and I don't want to be pinned back.

I live and work alone and travel light, relying largely on my memory and making a point of letting intuition guide my way.

I'm as much my own master as anyone can be, without being the master of others. I can write anywhere - all I need is a couple of hours of solitude and a computer, and I can write a chapter. Since my work is portable, I can live anywhere I like.

I think there is a very powerful wish that we all have of being self-contained and having sort of opted out or choosing to remove ourselves from society and to have no ties and no obligations, and even no possessions. To be free in a particular way.

I just like to have one foot in Montana and one foot out.

I've never really thought about settling down anywhere. I like to keep moving.

I thrive on that nomadic lifestyle.

Very happily, I am very fortunate to be able to be where the wind takes me, where the work takes me, and where I want to be.

I've been travelling a lot, and so I believe in not owning so much.

Never own more than you can carry in both hands at a dead run.