Yoko Ono Quotes

I have a hatred of familiarity. If I feel like I am doing something I've done before, it feels old and done. I feel I have no choice but to strike out in directions that feel new - anything less just doesn't seem worth it.

Every time, I try to make something different.

My remit has always been: I want to do something different from the last thing I've done.

If anyone has listened to my stuff over the years, they know I tend not to do the same thing twice.

I try as hard as I can for everything to be different from one movie to the next.

I try my best to find variety in what I'm doing, but there's a lot out there that's the same.

What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark.

I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various.

I think that all my albums are different enough where I don't feel like I did this the last time.

Aside from 'Hatchet II' and 'Hatchet III,' I've never repeated myself. I try to keep doing things that are totally different.

Always do something different. Always different things.

I always want to do things that are different. I don't want to be doing the same thing, the same performance constantly, and it feels like most people tell you that they are the same. However different you feel might approach them.

I think audiences crave something new. I don't think audiences want the same old thing, no matter how much conventional Hollywood tells you that.

One of the reasons why I don't write the same kind of book again and again is that I get bored very easily, so I like to make things interesting for myself.

I'm always looking to do things that are really different from each other.

I'm someone who always wants to do everything differently. If I have a pattern, I'd rather I didn't have a pattern. I want every book to be unpredictable and new. Damn it!

I think it's more important to make a lot of different things and keep coming up with new images and things that were never made before, than to do one thing and do it well.

I wouldn't want to make the same film every time. I get easily bored.

I always try to incorporate something in every book that I've never used before. Hopefully, spontaneity will keep readers reading.

We do worry that we might be making something we've made before. It's important that we make something we've never made before.

I want to do something that people have not seen before... surprise everyone. There has to be variety in work.

My mandate to myself since I've been involved in these movies was 'make every single movie different, so there's never 'X-Men' fatigue.'

If you look at my career, you'll find that the same record doesn't show up more than once. I try to challenge myself with every project.

I always try to do movies that are different from the ones I've done before.

I will always do something new.