Willem Dafoe Quotes

Because we are four creative people - four writers - there was no way that we were ever going to be satiated doing the same thing over and again. Change was inevitable for us. And a very natural thing.

The coolest things in life are things that you have not done before. That's the key to life: new things always.

Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull.

It is well that the beaten ways of the world get trodden into mud : we are thus forced to seek new paths and pick out new lines of life.

Dynamic change is always my favorite thing. As soon as I feel like I'm doing all of the same stuff over and over again, I'm bored and sad.

My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting.

If you don't want to get bored with what you're doing, you have to change.

You can't rest on your laurels. You have to continue to innovate; you have to continue to be different.

I think I've always been slightly addicted to not repeating myself. When you're doing something the first time around, it's often the best time. I think 'Blank Project' is about carrying on. Its that thing where you're making something because you have to, but you don't know how or why.

We all have to change with the times... it keeps you younger; it's a new challenge.

I always try to keep the circumstances in my life fresh. I like to change the physical environment I live in, change the people around me and try to experience things for the first time. I think that keeps one on their toes, creatively and spiritually.

I'm not able to go in with an act that I use month to month year to year all the time. It's constantly evolving and changing and that keeps me on my toes but certainly adds to the challenge.

I always look for a challenge and something that's different.

You can't just play the same thing, over and over again.

I like change, like anybody. You don't want to keep doing the same thing because then it gets harder to take chances, be creative, and feel inspired when you're doing the same thing.

Without deviation progress is not possible.

As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.

I guess I'm in a state of becoming. Even though I've had a full career and I've been around a long time, it's like dinosaurs are coming back. It's all new. I'm having to be on my own and seeing how exciting life can be now.

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.

After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left.

I just don't like boring myself. That's one of the main reasons I did 'Ice Age' - because I'd never done something like this before.

Our home, just like our garden, evolves. We experiment, try out different things and new colors until we feel content. Try to keep the metaphor of home as garden in your consciousness.

I don't want to limit myself as a writer. Tastes change, and I want to keep my eye on the future.

I love change, I need it.

I love to travel and to be inspired by new things, so everything is always new. I've never done the same bathroom or the same kitchen a second time. It's challenging, and I like to be challenged.