Will Oldham Quotes

The only way I've been able to keep my sanity is to pull back when I feel like it's time to pull back.

I am incredibly, incredibly fortunate about the opportunities I've had. But at the same time, I've had plenty of opportunities to screw it up, too. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is 'No...' and not feel the need to do everything. It's about doing what rings true to me.

I always say I am a realist, and my mom says, 'No, you just have anxiety.'

I do get angry some time, but if I let that feeling take over it would only cloud my thinking and disable me from making the right decision when it counts the most. I just try to think about my mother, children, God, and of course my freedom.

I don't torture myself.

I don't lose my temper. I used to, but I realised I would probably die of a brain hemorrhage. So I've governed myself not to mind about things. I have no road rage or anything like that. Because it's life-shortening. And also, there's no need for it; it uses up energy.

I try not to worry about things that I can't control.

You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in. The important thing is to remain sane.

Learn to take responsibility for emotions, and to manage energies, always working within present resources.

Emotions are products of our mind, and we can actually train ourselves to choose whether we banish or embrace them.

Sometimes I have to shut off the omnipresent disco ball and flashing lights that are always in my head. It's a part of maturing, I guess - just learning that it's not just always about a quick, easy fix of getting people to dance.

You can only do what you can do in this world. If you start thinking of all the white noise out there, I think you'll go crazy.

When you arrive at a certain level it's very easy to say yes: that is the moment to learn to say no.

I struggle with control.

I try to keep away exterior events that are going to make me do something negative internally to myself.

I call my therapist every other day. It's not a one-stop shop. You have to push away all that negativity in your head. Face it, name it, let it go.

Procrastination is your body telling you you need to back off a bit and think more about what you are doing.

There's always something going on, but thank goodness these days it's with a clear head, which helps me massively.

We can't determine our emotions, but we can choose our attitudes and actions.

I think it's just as important what you say no to as what you say yes to.

What we say no to is sometimes more important than what we say yes to.

You have to find ways to find that center, to find that balance, to find sanity, because again, we are getting bigger, and people look at us that way. We have to find that new balance.

I have really focused on mindfulness. That helps me make better choices both physically, psychologically, and emotionally.

As an adult, I've learned to cope and pull the plug on the worst what-ifs before my mind takes me to a place from which I can't return.

Now I've come to a place where I believe that anger doesn't really make me a better actor.