Todd Solondz Quotes

When I look back I either feel I did this mistake while shooting or writing. Eventually you try and make sure you do not repeat the same mistake with your next film. I always feel I could have made the film better.

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.

We have all made mistakes in this life. How we learn from our mistakes is the measure of who we are.

If a man didn't make mistakes he'd own the world in a month.But if he didn't profit by his mistakes he wouldn't own a blessed thing.

The main thing is to be yourself. Many times its through a mistake that you learn. And the main thing is to make sure you learn through your mistakes and get better.

Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.

My first program taught me a lot about the errors that I was going to be making in the future, and also about how to find errors. That's sort of the story of my life, making errors and trying to recover from them. I try to get things correct. I probably obsess about not making too many mistakes.

Make mistakes; it's what you do about them that counts.

My mistakes have been some of the best teachers of my life.

I was fascinated by the effects that could be achieved by editing. The cutting room became a magic workshop for me.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

There's some things that you learn as you're shooting, and as you're editing that are key, because when you start you don't have the brain that can finish it. You don't really know what it is, and that's the key job; figuring out what you actually have, not what you're dreaming of having.

Any film I've made, I've only really begun to understand in the cutting room. That's when the story shows itself to you, like a wreck coming out of the sea.

I co-wrote and produced 'Sticky Fingers' with Catlin Adams, who directed it. I learned a lot writing and producing with Cat. I spent as much time as I could in the cutting room with her. All the producing experience that I had helped.

Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement.

If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea you might not have otherwise discovered.

I've been doing a lot of learning from mistakes, first and foremost, and building off that.

Life isn't about algebra and geometry. Learning by making mistakes and not duplicating them is what life is about.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do, or what not to do.

Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and try not to make them again. That's pretty much my principle.

Just because you've made a mistake... everybody makes mistakes. It's how you come out of it.

Mistakes happen, and then you try to overcome those. I like that process.

You gotta be careful and just learn from your mistakes.

If I make a mistake I try to use it as a lesson and try to improve on it.