John Steinbeck Quotes

All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

Sometimes we let life guide us, and other times we take life by the horns. But one thing is for sure: no matter how organized we are, or how well we plan, we can always expect the unexpected.

Don't plan too hard, because something much better might be out there.

In this business it's difficult to make plans. I think the plans follow you and find you.

Life is about making plans from which you deviate, almost always. If you are lucky, you do come up with a plan.

I always leave room for serendipity and chance.

My life is spontaneous and things just kind of happen.

If everything was planned, it would be dreadful. If everything was unplanned, it would be equally dreadful.

We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it.

I've never had a clear road map. When things come along, I benefit.

I love the idea that I planned my career. I did not. It started out by getting invitations from artists that I really love and respect, to share a stage... I've been very lucky in that I haven't had to create a five-year plan. It's evolved.

You don't know what's gonna happen, so you can't really plan: you can only go with it.

My life has never been a part of a big plan. It's more of an unfolding adventure.

I am not very good at planning things, actually, but I believe that things happen when they need to and when they have to.

An actor can never plan. You never know what can work in your favour or not and then maybe the whole dynamics can change.

I've never really had a plan. You never know what's going to happen.

You can't plan your life. It doesn't work.

I am always living in the now, so I like what fate brings to you. That's always fun for me. To have a process and someone be like, 'How about this?' And you just grab onto that and see where it takes you.

I tend to go with the flow and that flow can end up in great places or not so great places.

You cannot plan what is going to happen. You cannot plan your life.

No, I never planned my life.

An actor can never plan. You never know what can work in your favor or not and then, may be the whole dynamics can change.

Great opportunities almost never fit your schedule.

My own strategy is to find a car, or the nearest equivalent, which looks as if it knows where it's going and follow it. I rarely end up where I was intending to go, but often I end up somewhere I needed to be.

Sometimes not having any idea where we’re going works out better than we could possibly have imagined.