Jami Attenberg Quotes

You have to experiment and that's gonna help your confidence so much when you step out and try things.

Nobody knows what they're doing, so don't be afraid to try things.

Just live in the moment and not be afraid to try things out and make mistakes.

I think it's worthwhile to expand your comfort level and just do something awful. I wasn't trying to make music for money.

How can you go out on a limb if you do not know your own tree? No art ever came out of not risking your neck. And risk--experiment--is a considerable part of the joy of doing.

I just do what feels right. I think the great thing about getting to do what I do is that you can try out being a different person without having to screw up your life to do it.

When someone asks me to do something, something new, something I don't know about, and if I haven't done it, I'll say yes. Just so I can try something new. You never know what you might like.

It's important that people are open. Some people say, 'I'm going to be a doctor,' and they're a really good doctor. But for the rest of us, it's a big question mark. Just giving yourself a break, letting yourself try new things, and when something doesn't work out, moving along... it's all we can really do.

Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.

Any characters that make me think, 'I don't know if I can do this,' are the ones I most want to do. I don't want to do the same thing over and over.

I don't think you know how much you can do until you try.

I try every day to do something that I've never done before or make some sound that I've never made before.

I believe you must try everything in life.

I think comics do need permission to fail. I think comics do need permission to go up and try stuff.

The one message I always send to young people is, Don't be afraid to try different things to see what feels right and what's a good fit.

I want to try everything. I don't want to limit myself to anything. I want to discover as many characters as I can. I just want to explore.

It's important that you are not embarrassed when you try something new.

If you have the opportunity to try different things, you should try different things and step outside your comfort zone and see what works and what doesn't work.

Everyone needs some trial and error figuring out how it's gonna work for them. I could have gotten that out of the way a little sooner but I think you're totally right, the way I kind of think about things and the way I wanted to put myself out there doesn't fit the traditional side of things. I needed things like podcasts and YouTube and things that allow you to get it out there yourself and stand in the flames.

An artist should be taking risks. That's the whole idea of being an artist.

Better to try all things and find all empty, than to try nothing and leave your life a blank.

If you don't try things and take risks, you don't really grow and figure out what you want.

You don't want to continue to do one thing and only one thing. You want to keep challenging yourself and if you do well at it, great, if you fall on your face, you tried. Like, she's really terrible at comedy! Who knew? But if you didn't try and put yourself out there you'd never know.

The world is my workshop. It is not my home.