Michelle Paver Quotes

What I really, really love is writing. If I can just write and make a really nice living out of that, why would I change that?

I washed dishes so I could make movies. it was never a way for me to make money.

I began as a journalist for my pocketbook and a poet for my soul.

I haven't modelled since I was 12 - that was a one-time thing, and I did it as a kid to make a little money to save up for university. Acting is my first love as well as writing and eventually producing and directing.

I'm voraciously looking to express myself in my work. I love my work.

I want to keep publishing books, and writing and spreading my heartsong through the world.

I thought I was going to make crazy cartoons for the rest of my life. I didn't think I'd ever get paid for it, didn't think I drew well enough, but I knew it made me happy.

So, how to stay inside the world of entertainment without actually getting another job? I felt the only logical answer was to become a novelist. So I wrote the first book - driven by some very real feelings of desperation - and it worked.

A lot of times, you do independent films for passion because you may even lose money doing one, but it doesn't matter.

I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get enough money. Or they work hard so they don't have to work hard later in life. But though I don't need money, I still work hard because I like what I am doing.

Writing is as big a part of my career as acting is, financially and time wise. So, yeah, I love it. That's all I wanted to do since I was young was be a writer. So that and acting are the two most important aspects of my career.

I no longer look at my life and times in the motion picture industry as my career. I just look at it now as something I like and want to do.

I love writing. I feel ridiculously lucky that this is what I get to do all day.

And much as I enjoy writing and creating stuff, I don't enjoy it so much that I am willing to give up any time that could otherwise be spent performing.

I sing because I love singing. I perform because I love performing. I write because I actually enjoy writing.

I was a very good nurse, but I burned out after eight years or so because it wasn't what I truly wanted to do. Writing is what I belong to.

I have to write and play. If I became an electrician tomorrow, I'd still come home at night and write songs.

I don't want money to ever drive my career. I want my career to be driven by what I want to do in art.

If I had to give up everything else and keep just one aspect of the job, I'd have to keep writing because I love it. Yes, I enjoy performing, too. But I couldn't give up writing material.

I never did films for the money or because I needed to buy a house or car. I do it because I love my job.

I'm pretty grounded on my own passion - writing books, you know, doing programs, speaking around the country. And I love what I do.

It's kind of not about the quality of the art, as much as this is what I love doing and I'd have a worse time doing anything else. That's kind of as far as I think in terms of philosophy.

I love writing. Writing has been very good to me.

Many times, you have to sacrifice the paycheck for doing what you love.

I'm in a really nice position because I can be selective with the modeling jobs that I do and just work with brands I'm passionate about. The two worlds balance out nicely for me because modeling is so social - it has travel, you meet people, it's extroverted. Whereas painting is very solitary - when I paint, I'm kind of in my own world.