Lewis Thomas Quotes

I think there are actors who are like, 'Okay, what am I doing, how am I doing it, what's the appeal? Tell me what to do, what are the exact lines from the script? Okay, I got it.' I am not that way. I would be a terrible bus driver. I'd want to be like, 'Oh, let's take this side road! Let's see what happens when we go down this back alley.'

We have the script, we have the actors, and we're trying to figure out what this is, and you don't know what it is. You have to be open to what it's going to become rather than have this thing that you're trying to get to, which is boring.

We always have a take that's 'one for fun', so once you've got what you need, you can do what you like. Something does occasionally pop out of that tree. I'm always open to ideas.

I like many different things you know so I'm probably going to experiment, and if I didn't I'd be a little bit strange and boring and stiff and kind of dead, and I'm very not that.

I don't want to limit myself as a writer. Tastes change, and I want to keep my eye on the future.

I just keep looking for things that are interesting and keep calm as possible about it all, not worrying about being in a 'box.'

I'm just sort of making it up as I go along.

I like to experiment, and as an actress, I always thought it's good to be open about a lot of things.

I'm not a planner. I like to try something different, to just see what happens.

My style evolves day by day; I love change.

I try not to stick to any one thing, you know. That's always been important to me.

The core hacker premise that 'code wins arguments' is just another way of saying that anything is worth trying, regardless of whether it is a conservative or liberal idea, and that whatever works is worth keeping.

I have a variety of styles. I don't stick to one particular style.

I'm open to trying multiple different types of styles.

I'm just willing to try different things. But you gotta keep it all making sense.

It doesn't ever hurt to try different stuff.

I'm old enough to know you can't close your mind to new ideas. You have to test out every possibility if you want something new.

I think the philosophy will continue to be what it always was; which was, let's keep throwing a bunch of things at the wall, and see what sticks.

I like to leave a little room to innovate and change things around while I'm working.

The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.

A man's work is in danger of deteriorating when he thinks he has found the one best formula for doing it. If he thinks that, he is likely to feel that all he needs is merely to go on repeating himself . . . so long as a person is searching for better ways of doing his work, he is fairly safe.

The only phrase I've ever disliked is, 'Why, we've always done it that way.' I always tell young people, 'Go ahead and do it. You can always apologize later.'

When you work with an actor and then you discover new things that are better, I think you gotta be free to be able to go with the new things that you're finding. I think that's very important. I have a strong idea when I go to shoot a movie but I also love to discover things when I'm on set as well.

Be open to other people's ideas. Don't get arrogant about your ideas. Shoot a lot of options so you're not stuck with just one version of something.

I am not limiting myself to theories, so I never question the rightness to my approach.