Katie Aselton Quotes

What I wanted to hear didn't exist, so it was necessary for me to go out and create it.

I would say to someone, 'Make your own stuff sooner.' Also, it's OK to say no to something if it doesn't feel right.

I've already created my own thing.

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

Whatever may be thought of my art, it is my own; and I would rather possess a freehold, though but a cottage, than live in a palace belonging to another.

If one has fear, there can be no initiative in the creative sense of the word. To have initiative in this sense is to do something original - to do it spontaneously, naturally, without being guided, forced, controlled. It is to do something which you love to do.

Just knowing you're putting something out there that could take on a greater life - that's our sweet spot. That's what we try to do.

People say I've gone against Hollywood, but I've tried to be independent within Hollywood, tried to be my own person.

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

I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.

Actors spend most of their time out of work, so I actually spend more time making furniture. The thing about furniture that's much better than acting is that it's just me. There's no director, no script - the concept is me, unless a client wants something.

I quickly realized I had to have my own style and strategy and find my own way.

I've never tried to emulate anyone. I've never idolized people, I prefer instead to get off on attitudes.

Unless you hit your television with a sledgehammer, you're not going to be able to be an individual.

I love people that willfully defy what you're supposed to be and create their own definition of their selves.

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

I like being unconventional.

You need to write on your own and produce your own life.

I'd rather dance in a corner than dance in a circle.

I can do more than just stand-up comedy, and the only way I'll be able to show that is if I do it myself. Because nobody trusts that I can do it.

Very few people are original. There's very little original anything out there. Because to be original means you have to stand alone.

My father's music was influential. My place is my place. I must be myself and who I am.

I don't have to play by these rules or do these things... I can actually have my own kind of version.

Our work is a scream of freedom.

I just write songs from the heart, and you never know who'll like the songs. I try to make sure that I don't allow anybody's expectation to weigh on me. I have my own expectation of life. I believe in letting people be free.