Nikki Reed Quotes

When you finish a series like 'Ugly Betty,' there are so many voices around you telling you what you should be doing next and what would be good for your future, sometimes you can't hear yourself. I've gotten pretty good at tuning everyone else out. Now it's just me; what pleases me creatively.

I feel so lucky and so privileged that I like writing for myself. Like, I don't have to wait for somebody to create a part for me or a project for me. I can just do it. And that's so great.

There's something lovely about writing a book, doing what you want. I love the solitariness of it.

I've gone more than 40 years without having to use an alarm clock or go to an office. At this point, I don't think I'd be capable of not writing. I don't think I could deprive myself of that sky. It would be like putting an animal in a cage.

The movies and all that stuff are great, but the fact that I'm in a position to do what I want to do, however I want to do it and when I want to do it is bigger.

Love what you do and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. Imagination should be the center of your life.

It's exciting to be able to do something completely independent without anybody challenging it, and it's a big part of the reason why I'm enjoying doing the stand-up comedy, is I'm able to go out and interact with people one-on-one after the show. It's very punk-rock.

It's nice to really have the freedom to write what I want.

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 think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

I am the freest author in the world.

There's a lot of creative freedom. Acting is a whole boatload of fun, but I prefer to do it on my own terms.

Nobody owns me or my music.

I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do.

I can connect with whoever I want to connect with in the world. And I can also write my own script. I don't have to follow rules. I can sort of just be unconventional.

That is the true joy of being a solo artist. I can do whatever I want. I can go wherever I want. I can show up with my guitar and my song, and it can sound a hundred different ways. That's the freedom of being on your own. The flipside is: That's you on the cover. If it sucks, it's your fault.

I like to reserve the right to write about whatever I like.

I think as long as you're being creative and finding your own work interesting, that's all that matters.

It's nice to create something you believe in. It's even nicer to dance to your own tunes sometimes.

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

I wanted to express myself. I wanted to be creative and I didn't want to worry about someone bossing me around in the process. You have to struggle no matter where you are to get to where you're going, so I'm like, working it honey!

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

Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do.

... encourage the free play of our people's genius for individual initiative.

I never realized how much I cherished having creative freedom.