David Carson Quotes

What I often do is just think of a completely obtuse thing to do, almost the wrong thing to do. That often works because you start a different approach, something no one has tried.

In Washington, common sense policy is considered bold.

I want to see creativity that breaks boundaries and isn't just about money.

I think being a little nuts is helpful.

I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me.

My methodology is not knowing what I'm doing and making that work for me.

By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed.

Vince Gilligan and AMC are really wonderful people to direct and produce for because they don't put the demands of any conventionalism on you.

I've had great success being a total idiot.

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.

Most entrepreneurial ideas will sound crazy, stupid and uneconomic, and then they'll turn out to be right.

Counterintuitive action makes a fellow feel smart.

Some of the best ideas that we've invested in have made no sense to conventional sources.

The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.

Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics.

Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.

We're looking for people who are working on things that seem out of reach, uncomfortably difficult.

I made a film that was impossible to make, but I didn't know it was impossible, and that's how I was able to do it.

I'm a very outside-the-box kind of guy.

In a startup car company, everything you do has to be done in a different way than a traditional car company. And the main reason is that all of these big car companies are operating like giant well-oiled machines - you could put a very seasoned executive in, and all he has to do is make sure the machine keeps running.

Our approach is not to look at the successes of other people and try to repeat those successes. We don't look at the success of 'Grand Theft Auto 3' and think that maybe if we create games for older audiences will see a similar success.

I pride myself on being able to create mismatches. That's what I've done my whole life.

I think there's something important in going against the grain and perhaps finding value in things that aren't necessarily institutionally recognized.

We do things differently. You don't have to worry about being part of a particular genre. You just go for it.

You don't need to do things in the typical way to get a beautiful result.