Ron White Quotes

I've learnt that I've had the best results from just trying to be me, trying to make a movie or TV show I want to see or write a script I want to read, and that's really all I can offer - being authentic.

My style is all to myself.

I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original.

I learned early in my writing career that if I try to tailor a song for someone else, I'm usually off base. They're usually looking for something from you with your character.

Bernard Shaw said that when you copy yourself, you know you've got style. And I feel that if you can write like you write, then you are true to yourself. And it's not an easy thing to do - it's a disgustingly difficult thing to do.

To me, what makes an artist is a unique personality that they're not afraid to let show.

A lot of people have told me along the way that my style and the music I do... is unmarketable. But the only reason I'm successful is because I have stayed true to myself.

I'm not trying to make beats that are better than somebody else's. I'm trying to make beats that are genuine to me.

I'm inspired by other people, but I don't really try to look like a certain person or anything. I kind of just do what I feel like doing.

You've got to be oblivious to other people, the push and pull of other people's opinions, the way other people measure success. It's then that you realize you are 100 percent who you are and you have to use that who-you-are 100 percent in order to create great things.

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

I feel like it's important, especially at young age, to find exactly what it is that makes your style so important as opposed to just trying to fit into the iconic styles of performers out there.

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.

The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can be influenced by people. I was influenced by Steve Martin and Bob Newhart and Woody Allen, but I never tried to be someone else. I always tried to be myself. And the reason people are successful is they're unique.

I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.

It is so important to be really true to yourself in design, and I am.

To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way.

The reason I put make-up on or wear the costume is to try and find my own style. It's like my guitar style - I'm just trying to be an original artist.

Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.

I think any time people behave in a way that's truly them, then they'll never fail. You get in trouble when you try to copy others.

I take a little bit from everybody and add that to my life to make me, me. I wanna be nobody else but Future. When you look at me, I want you to say, 'Future.' The way I talk, the way I dress, there's nobody in the world but me.

The fact that I have been successful merely means that I can write and illustrate in my own way.

The amazing thing now is that most of those so-called critics who were telling me to find my own voice seem to have lost theirs.

What I learned is, don't forget who you are, because that's what's going to make you a filmmaker.

To me, searching for perfection isn't anywhere near as interesting as trying to find your own voice.