Tom Stoppard Quotes

Imagine something new, or you will only go where you have been.

On every new project, I try to write in a different way and see if there's a new side of myself I haven't explored.

I didn't want to write the same book over and over.

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'm a person who is always trying to write in a different vein.

I wanted each of my books to be very different from the others, each to be special and uncategorizable, and I knew I could only do that a few times before I was in danger of repeating myself.

I'm attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.

It is only in the shadows, when some fresh wave, truly original, truly creative, breaks upon the shore, that there will be a rediscovery of the West.

When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That's the challenge.

I think it's important that we have a new batch of British film-makers that aren't doing the same old stuff. And that includes me.

'Bloodshot,' for me, was unlike anything I'd ever done before, which was really the draw of it. In addition to trying to reconnect with my earlier work, I also wanted to try to do something that was completely new and different.

When you are pushing yourself to not go back to the same well, you're gonna come up with something different, or you'll find songs that are different.

I always try to improve, to find new ways of expressing myself, to keep looking for truth and originality.

I always try to do something different. I don't think I've made the same record over and over.

I don't think anyone really says anything new.

I have to believe everything I write is brand new and I'm writing in this way about these people in a completely new situation for the very first time.

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again.

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.

So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things.

I'm into creating something that I've never created before.

Well, I like to be kept on my toes. I look for a challenge. I don't like to recreate steps that I've already walked. I like to see if I can create something new.

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.

All I know is, I'm trying to do things that are a little different whenever I can.

The new idea for me now is creativity. I like to express myself.