Karen Joy Fowler Quotes

My favorite thing is being able to follow my inspiration, and the freedom of being a writer is hard to beat.

Acting is a job of permission. Someone has to give you permission to do it. But I have started to be like, 'I only want to do things that I want to do,' and writing has afforded me the luxury.

I really enjoy the creative freedom that I get when I produce my own projects.

I am not really interested in only showcasing my life or work but plan to produce, write and create work that is solely my vision.

Ultimately, I think what I want from my career is to be able to create work for myself, and there's only so much you can do as an actor in a movie.

We are so grateful we are given the chance and the freedom to do what we want, what we want to create, what's on our mind, and that's honestly what we asked for in the beginning of our career.

I guess I created LeRoy Neiman. Nobody else told me how to do it. Well, I'm a believer in the theory that the artist is as important as his work.

I never think about what others are doing. I do a film for myself, not others.

What I love about how my career has gone up to this point is that I've always, always put my head down on my pillow at night, and I've been able to say that I've done, honestly, what I've felt like I wanted to do. And that's really all you can hope for in everything you do.

I like to choose my own way forward. I really do want to create something that I personally like a lot.

As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.

I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.

The way I look at a solo project is, I create what I want with whoever I want.

I don't have a director. The audience directs me.

That's my actual payment, the fact that I can actually make something that I actually enjoy and put on repeat, and it's not related to anything else or anyone else's thoughts and ideas, it all came from me; I just love that aspect of it.

I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences.

Career-wise, I feel very lucky to have always been able to follow my creative path.

I can't do anything I want to. I mean, I can't have my own TV show. I can't have my own movie. But within my little world, nobody tells me what to put on the albums.

Writing songs for other people was never the goal for me.

With my designs and my ideas, I want to please myself first.

You're not a slave to those test audiences.

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

Doing my own album provided me the opportunity to say whatever I wanted.

When I get to do whatever I want, I'm perfectly happy. I've found that the best scenario is that I just do what I do, and if somebody wants to be part of it, they should work as a conduit for what vision I have. They should help me complete the universe.

My rule of thumb is that I want to do things I'd like to go and see myself.