Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

It's cool to see a woman be like, 'This is what I want - this is what I don't want.' It's good to see someone making choices for themselves.

Our mother always taught us to be in control of our voice and our bodies and our work, and she showed us that through her example. If she conjured up an idea, there was not one element of that idea that she was not going to have her hand in. She was not going to hand that over to someone. And I think it's been an interesting thing to navigate, especially watching you do the same in all aspects of your work: Society labels that a control freak, an obsessive woman, or someone who has an inability to trust her team or to empower other people to do the work, which is completely untrue.

No man bosses me around, and no man ever will.

I just have a way about me where people know that they don't tell me what to do, they kind of just wait for me to do it.

I always say it's worth doing what you want to do, not letting people manipulate you. It's worth holding out. It's worth having pride.

I just don't feel like I have to explain myself.

Lara Croft is such a strong individual, she's very driven, she doesn't need a man, she's speaks her own mind, and that she's in control of her own life. It's a lot of what women want and have.

I've never been the wilting flower. I've never been the girl who's subservient to a man.

I guess I'm just fiercely independent.

What I say goes. I'm hitting shots that I want to hit. I'm doing the things that I want to do. I play it my way.

I don't worry about other people, and I don't let them influence me too much. I try to find out what I want to do and not what other people want me to do.

My mother did not raise me to ask for permission to lead.

I don't allow people's outlook on me dictate what I do in my life and how I live my life.

I'm never going to let someone else tell me what I can and can't do.

I make moves on my terms.

I know what is best for me.

I'm an actress: I'm used to being independent, doing for myself.

I left my fingerprints somewhere - that's good enough. I am my own person - that's good enough. I stand my ground - that's good enough.

I'm not going to let fear rule my life. I'd rather be able to know that I've made a choice that's right for me, than saying yes because I don't want my agents to be upset with me.

I respond to women who have their stuff together, who are in charge, who don't need men to do things for them. I want a woman to have her own thing.

I wanted to be my own heroine.

You really do learn by example... Especially women, sometimes we think somebody's going to rescue us, or somebody's going to teach us how to do it, when in fact we have to understand that the biggest resource we have is inside of ourselves. I know that I can count on me to take care of me. That's a very important thing to know.

I created myself, and I'll attack anybody I feel like.

I've always been like nah, I'm going to have it my way, that way, when I look out that window at the end of the day, I can say I did it my way, whether it's on a higher level, or a level where I can just maintain, I can still say I did it my way.

Don't use men to get what you want in life. Get it yourself.