Jason Isbell Quotes

My drive to put myself on the line comes from boredom. From that feeling when you go to bed and think, 'What did I do today?' It doesn't have to be something monumental, just a feeling that you really tried to look at something, or look into something.

Successful creative adults seem to combine the wide-ranging exploration and openness we see in children with the focus and discipline we see in adults.

I start getting bored and misbehaving if I don't work hard. It's fine when you're younger - you go out a lot and muck around with your mates and drink and stuff - but I'm a bit over that now.

Clarity keeps you from boredom.

The only times I'm not relaxed are when I haven't got a project on the go.

As I get older, I become more imaginative and feel like I have maybe a shorter time to get a lot of things going on in my mind done.

When I get on a course that's not very good, that's not tough, I fall asleep. Mentally I must be lazy, like a little kid, but I always seem to do well when there's a tough situation.

Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.

I'm in an agreeable state: busy, enthusiastic, curious.

As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.

I don't think I've been bored, ever. I've always been working on two or three things at a time; whether it was in the early days, or whatever, I was always working on something.

I like to work and it kind of keeps me in line, which is very good because I need that structure.

I'm the type of person that rises to the occasion, and when work is in front of me, I do work.

I work better when I'm juggling projects. Nothing worse than watching someone really embrace what they're doing if they love it too much.

I grew up while I was in college. I learned how to take care of myself. I learned how to prioritize things. I learned how to get things done.

Sitting on my butt waiting on opportunities won't do me any good.

I just said, 'I need to do something because staying up and watching YouTube and late night TV is not cool,' so I just decided to write a script.

Boredom is useful to me when I notice it and think: Oh I'm bored; there must be something else I want to be doing... boredom acts as an initiator of originality by pushing me into new activities or new thoughts.

I've always prided myself on my discipline as a writer. I do it like a job. I get up in the morning and go to my desk.

I do stay busy. I like new challenges.

I like being busy and juggling a lot of things at the same time. I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot.

In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life.

If I was a little bit younger I would worry more. I'd want to do one thing at a time but now I try to do a bunch of different things at a time if I can.

Comparison is a disease. I never felt any competition, since I never compared myself to others. I only focus on my work. I never feel pressurised and do films in my style. Also, I'm very active since childhood, and that gives me the edge to always put my best.

The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.