Paul Zane Pilzer Quotes

I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner's mind

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.

Successful creative adults seem to combine the wide-ranging exploration and openness we see in children with the focus and discipline we see in adults.

I'm just constantly figuring out new ways to reinvent myself.

As you get older, your mind gets a little more set. And it needs the poking and prodding and breaking through of stereotypes that I think young people provide.

Perhaps the most important thing I can tell you about equipment is to experiment and keep an open mind.

All day long, I'm creative, and the second I get a little tired of any given medium, I just shut that area down and go to the next room. I just go do something else.

It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.

I'm attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.

Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training.

I cannot always write at the same time, in the same place. I work, travel and have a vigorous family life. If I'm stranded in an airport lobby - I write. If I have to wait in a doctor's office - I write. If I have a morning or evening to myself - I write.

Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.

I always try to keep the circumstances in my life fresh. I like to change the physical environment I live in, change the people around me and try to experience things for the first time. I think that keeps one on their toes, creatively and spiritually.

It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and do what I done before.

I want to always find new ways of reinventing myself.

I want to be known for having a recognizable style. I believe having your own personal identity is what makes you competitive. On the other hand, I would like to be versatile and be challenged to go in new directions.

Whether I am collaborating with different people, I like changing projects conceptually so I can grow.

I like to work spontaneously.

You don't have to go out there and fit the mold of what a quarterback is supposed to be. Make your own mold and do the best at each role. If you can run with the best and throw with the best, you can be the best quarterback in your own version of the position.

I love what I do and being in front of the camera. But I never want to limit myself to just one thing and just venture out into new things.

Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these - it's a state of mind.

I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.

What I look for in a script is something that challenges me, something that breaks new ground, something that allows me to flex my director muscle. You have got to think fast in this business, you've got to keep reinventing yourself to stay on top.

I like changing the pace of my life, changing my discipline. It gives me ideas for how to see the world differently.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.