Matthew Quick Quotes

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

I still think that luck is what a lot of the good things come from. It's simply the luck of where you are, when.

We are continually shaped by the forces of coincidence.

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

I feel like everything has happened naturally.

Every single moment is a coincidence.

There's a lot of things in life that we don't know why they're coming exactly at this moment.

So much of life is not about whether you're good or bad, or right or wrong, or can afford or not afford - it's just about timing.

What's happened in my career is probably fate and good luck.

It is really strange how life works, isn't it?

Everything in my life happened by coincidence. Even my role in 'Delhi Belly.'

Some days, I'll tell you that everything in life was meant to be and that there is an order to the universe. Other days, I'm convinced it's all a combination of luck and opportunity.

Sometimes, you find the play; sometimes, the play finds you.

Luck has a lot to do with how your life develops.

The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.

I believe that life is chaotic, a jumble of accidents, ambitions, misconceptions, bold intentions, lazy happenstances, and unintended consequences, yet I also believe that there are connections that illuminate our world, revealing its endless mystery and wonder.

My life is a big accident, so where I end up, I think it's all accidents.

Some people are very lucky, and have the story in their heads. I've never storyboarded anything. I like the idea of chance. What makes God laugh is people who make plans.

So much of life is luck. One day you make a right turn and get hit by a car. Turn left and you meet the love of your life. I think I made the correct turn.

Luck is going to play a huge part in your life.

Casting sometimes is fate and destiny more than skill and talent, from a director's point of view.

I don't plan ahead; each book finds me. History itself, the resonance of the past with the present, is the common denominator in all of them.

I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.

Timing really is nearly everything. And what it isn't, circumstance makes up for.

No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing.