Anna Deavere Smith Quotes

Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.

We are always in a state of flux, and taking risks is important.

When you throw everything up in the air anything becomes possible.

The only thing I do know is that from chaos comes opportunity.

When nothing is sure, everything is possible.

There's chaos out there, and chaos means opportunity.

And for me, the real world involves everything: risk, danger, beauty, energy, all we meet with in the real world.

Life to me is defined by uncertainty. Uncertainty is the state in which we live, and there is no way to outfox it.

I have a thing for doors. I always think of them as a threshold to something new.

I never know what's going to happen or what opportunities are going to be given to me. I've found with the opportunities that I've been given have made it possible for me to explore different characters and exciting stories.

Perhaps it's the people whose lives have taken sudden new twists - people who have learned to embrace the creative possibilities of change - who stand the best chance of penetrating life's mysteries.

What is now proved was once only imagined.

Every time you're given a job, you're given a gift, and if you're flexible, you never know what's going to happen.

It's precisely in those moments when I don't know what to do, boredom drives one to try a host of possibilities to either get somewhere or not get anywhere.

One of my favorite things about what I do for a living is that there is no certainty that, at any hour of any day, I could get a phone call that could change everything. Good or bad. I never know.

You start with an idea but then so many things can happen.

Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it also allows the opportunity for creativity and growth.

The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past.

In chaos there is opportunity

The new frontier is here whether we seek it or not.

The future is unpredictable.

Everything that we start is something that we don't know what the outcome is going to be.

There are many ways to lead a life. It would always be ideal to have a paycheck coming in. But I really love this fly-by-the-seat-of-the-pants approach. It's scary and wonderful at the same time. I feel very open to many possibilities.

The world is unpredictable.

You don't know where you'll end up.