Annie Dillard Quotes

A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all.

Every movie has its uniqueness. You just do your best and go with it.

I'm never worried about being upstaged. I love to have the best, most individual people come in and see if we hit on something.

I love to write. I used to be a math teacher. And I like the idea that other people could write about the same subjects, but no one would write it just the way I do. It's very individual: a child could write the same story as somebody else, but it wouldn't come out the same.

The last thing a young artist should do in poetry or any other field is think about what's in style, what's current, what are the trends. Think instead of what you like to read, what do you admire, what you like to listen to in music. What do you like to look at in architecture? Try to make a poem that has some of those qualities.

There are so many voices on YouTube, and there are incredible creators that are popular for a reason. And although it's great to be inspired by them, nobody is going to subscribe to a second-rate version of them. It's really important to put your best foot forward and be your best self because you will always be the number one version of you.

I have many musical inspirations, but I would really love to just be me. My very own artist.

Don't imitate. Write what you know about, that has to be your goal.

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.

I am always updating and coming up with something fresh, whether it's a colour, a trend, or a design, as my uncle always taught me to be unique and different.

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

Every story is different, so what is a detail in one might not be in something else. Diversity is something I embrace and love about my work.

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.

I have a trend of my own.

The downside of videos is that it will put my vision in front of other people, so they might not get the chance to create their own.

What I aspire to do, and what I try the hardest to do, is write stuff that's very personal in its way. I figure I can only say things the way I say them, so I'm trying to do something that is kind of anti-generic.

I've never really tried to copy anyone; I like to have my own style.

The businessman says 'If I don't do it first, somebody else will.' The artist says 'If I don't do it first, nobody else will.'

No one can write like Vallejo and not sound like a fraud. He's just too much himself and not you.

I just do what I think is funny and what's exciting to me.

I love Lady Gaga. She's not afraid to take risks and be herself.

I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work.

And I think I have a distinct voice.

I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.

Even if you try to copy a film shot by shot, you still can't. It's still your own film.