Kim Novak Quotes

I'll always take an artistic endeavor over a career move.

I don't have any ambition to make lots of money or win an Oscar or anything like that. It's not about that for me.

Some goals are not going to fulfill you. Choose goals that you value and care about.

I'm not always the first person to run out and see something I'm in. I don't know; for me, that's not why I did it. I did it because I wanted to act. I don't really think about the end result. I don't feel like I have to see it - for me, it already happened.

You know, Italian-Hungarian - no matter how linear and cool I look on the outside, I have all that energy trying to find its way through life.

I do eventually want to get back into performing, but right now it's more fun for me to dance for myself.

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them. I like the concept that if you do what excites you, you will be rewarded generously, whatever form reward takes, which is not necessarily money.

We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.

What I write is very personal, but not autobiographical. It's more 'thematically personal' - what's up in my life in terms of themes at the moment.

Songwriting is like going to church. I'm connecting to something, and it's rewarding in really important ways. I don't need to share it with anyone to feel good about it.

It's such a private thing - 'my process' - I can just say that the work that I do is like therapy between me and the character.

In an ideal world, nobody's work would be just about the money. People could pursue excellence in what they do, take pride in achievement, and derive meaning from knowing that their work improved the lives of others.

I play guitar quite a bit, because I'm always in search of something. I don't play to jam, but because I'm fishing. I'm looking for something, that I hope you can never find. If I do find it, I'm afraid I won't have a need to do this any more.

I don't make decisions for money or popularity. I do things because they're right for me, and they're interesting and challenging.

I love what I do, and I'm not doing anything either for money or for the sake of some unfulfilled ambition.

The joy of working at something to find out what it means to me is what I grew up with.

We should provide the meaning of the universe in the meaning of our own lives. So I think science doesn't necessarily have to get in the way of kind of spiritual fulfillment.

I like writing, but I write for self-improvement more than I do for money.

There are parts of me that I keep secret even from myself. I have demons and I'd love to be able to healthily look at the demons and still be a wonderful actor and not feel I need them to create.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

I learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness.

Do what your inner soul tells you to do, regardless of any money or success it will bring you.

I've never been driven by fame or money or anything like that. It's never been part of my psyche.

I had lost my way for some time, so I need to do things that I am happy with. It's not about being the number one heroine or money. It's about doing roles that I enjoy. My biggest ambition is happiness.