James Van Der Beek Quotes

Honestly, as a director, at least for me, if I start doing the same thing over and over again, I'm going to get bored really quickly.

You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are different from what other people are writing.

From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.

I like change, like anybody. You don't want to keep doing the same thing because then it gets harder to take chances, be creative, and feel inspired when you're doing the same thing.

One of the reasons why I don't write the same kind of book again and again is that I get bored very easily, so I like to make things interesting for myself.

I always want to do - take everything and take it to the next step. I don't want to just keep doing something the same ol' thing. Obviously, I could have wrote 'Mother' 20 times and made tons of money and be playing gigantic arenas and whatever, but that's not really what I want to do.

Cinema without risk is like having no sex and expecting to have a baby.

The fun part for me is to just really push that envelope.

That is a big danger, losing your inspiration. When I work in film and television I try to do each take a little differently. I never want to do the same thing twice, because then you're not being spontaneous, you're just recreating something.

I'm a person who is always trying to write in a different vein.

I'd rather play here in this small bar and just do a good show. Because it's fun and there's no expectations, it's encouragement to be different, do something new.

I love to play things that are out-of-the-box. It's just that I don't always get the chance to do it!

When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That's the challenge.

I'm not an artist, and I want to take risks, and when the possibility of failure occurs, it's because the idea is all exciting or interesting as a high wire act, and sometimes you've got to fall off, just by virtue of the fact that you're constantly trying to evolve and do new things.

I do tend to apply myself to projects that make me uncomfortable because usually when that happens I try to find a way of existing in the project that is more creative.

There has to be an element of risk-taking for me in my work.

I always want to do something I haven't done before and get to work with other actors, writers, or directors that I want to work with.

I like pushing boundaries.

We stand for creativity and pushing boundaries and having fun with one's music.

I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep challenging yourself and keep doing new stuff. If you end up trying to repeat yourself it's death. It just becomes boring and takes the passion out of it. You gotta find stories and characters that you really want to hang out with.

The worst thing you can do as an artist is to repeat yourself.

If I'm writing something and I'm not feeling mischievous, then I know it's not going to be great.

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

If you do the same thing every night, that's the death of music.

I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again.