Shane Black Quotes

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.

I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.

To be honest, I've always had far too much freedom. I had a job when I was 10. I started living on my own when I was 17 or 18. I've earned my own money; I've traveled the world. What would I rebel against?

I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.

Isn't a man someone who doesn't care about what others think? A man does whatever he wants.

I am a fiercely independent person, and I am no one's pawn.

Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.

I don't need adult supervision.

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.

I've always done things my way.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Freedom comes with a lot of responsibility. When you are by yourself, you have to develop a third eye.

I'm completely in charge of my own life now. Sometimes there's no one there to slap me on the hand and say: 'Stop being so bullish and bossy,' and things like that.

I'm very independent.

I don't much like being directed. I enjoy being allowed to play.

I'm not sure there are a lot of things I'd want a manager for. I suppose I feel that at least the decisions I make are coming from me, and I'm not put into a situation that I wouldn't want to be in.

I have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do - in any way.

I didn't want to start relying on what someone else thought was right. It was easier to go away all together.

I don't have anyone curbing my instincts, doing anything destructive to my self opinion.

I have a very independent spirit.

I got into figure skating for the art of it, as well as the sport, and how much I love it. And, you know, I do everything that I want. I march to my own drummer. Sometimes people have an issue with that, and I can't control it.

Good government can be no substitute for self-government.