Todd Haynes Quotes

I love to throw myself into situations where I don't understand everything yet.

I will never stop questioning. I will never stop wanting more and discovering other things and wanting to do other things. That will always be a part of me, and it's something I've come to terms with.

The older I've gotten, the more I've learned that I have to open myself up to all opportunities. Maybe I'll get burned and not meet the right people, but I won't know until I do it.

The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.

It's important that people are open. Some people say, 'I'm going to be a doctor,' and they're a really good doctor. But for the rest of us, it's a big question mark. Just giving yourself a break, letting yourself try new things, and when something doesn't work out, moving along... it's all we can really do.

Even as we get older, we get in these routines - and routines are nice and comfortable - but I think that it's important to live life to its fullest and try different things. Because you never know what you're going to learn. You might not like it, you might like it.

I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.

I'm not goal-oriented so much as I'm constantly aware of what I'm passionate about, and I'm constantly updating the list. I envision many possible futures for myself where I could be happy, so I just try to keep my passions alive.

Life's too short not to try different things and to see what works for you and your body.

I just care about what I get to unearth and what makes me uncomfortable and what makes me grow because, ultimately, I just don't want to ever play it safe.

The one thing you learn is when you can step out of your comfort zone and be uncomfortable, you see what you're made of and who you are.

I just tell young people to find their way. Keep your eyes open. Keep your ears open and keep your heart open.

I want to challenge myself in new mediums; I want to leave myself open to different things.

I constantly want to be learning, growing and better understanding things. And see where that takes us.

Venture outside your comfort zone. To stop growing is to stop living.

I am willing to move out of my comfort zone and experience life in a new way.

I really like to try my hand at everything, and I think it's probably dangerous to let oneself be pigeon-holed, not necessarily by other people, but in one's own mind.

I really try to put myself in uncomfortable situations. Complacency is my enemy.

I think I've changed a little bit. I don't know whether it's for the better or for the worse at the moment. I've settled into a different mind frame now... being a bit wilder maybe!

I think that's one of the most important things that books do: not to teach you anything, but to help you teach yourself by just being in the world of the book and having your own thoughts and reactions and noticing your own reactions and thoughts and learning about yourself that way.

The world is full of opportunities, and I want to try as many as I possibly can.

I love going out of my comfort zone - I live to go out of my comfort zone.

I guess I'm just an open-hearted, fair, good person. I try to encourage people to be their best and look inside themselves and find out what they are passionate about and expand on that and enjoy life.

Gather experience... Look at what you should not look at. A feeling of anxiety is the sure and certain evidence that you should do this.

High school students ought to seek out campus communities where they feel not only empowered to engage their talents, but also challenged to leave their comfort zones. The ability to embrace new opportunities emerges, in part, from a willingness to take risks and to fail.