Shawn Crahan Quotes

The greatest of the greats wouldn't be the greatest of the greats if they didn't try stuff, you know what I mean?

If you don't have those moments where you go too far, then you're probably not going far enough.

If you're not making some mistakes, it probably means you're not trying hard enough.

I like taking up challenges. I prefer working with scripts that are different and veer from the tried and tested. So far, it's always worked.

I don't aim for perfection. But I do want to try and come up with something interesting.

The cable makers are the ones who are willing to take risks and do something original and push the envelope some.

Everyone is trying to do something that hasn't been done and that's a really good thing. You can only do so much with a story and some scripts don't give you the opportunities and other scripts do give you the opportunities to do things that haven't been done before.

Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

If you don't occasionally make a mistake, you aren't trying hard enough.

Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards.

I guess I still have this motto: 'What else can I get away with?' And unpredictability in film - that's the hardest thing there is.

I always say if you're not failing, you're not trying.

If you don't take a risk then what's the point. We can't keep making films in the same space.

If you're afraid of failure or getting it wrong, you'll never truly innovate or disrupt the market.

What's on the edge? What's next? That's where I think I do my best work - if I push my whole team to the edge.

When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things.

The fun part for me is to just really push that envelope.

My job is to have new ideas and take risks every day, so I'm always looking forward to the next thing being done or making the next thing that I haven't yet gotten to. That's sort of the constant in my life.

I always wanted to be that guy who pushed the envelope in all kind of ways and tried something new. When I keep that rule going, it always takes me to a new place. There are times when I fail miserably, but I always find myself knowing one more thing better, doing one more thing that I never did before.

Playing with decks, for me, has always been about trying new things. I make it a point to keep trying different things, keep pushing it a little bit at a time.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

Everybody else is afraid to fail. I do not really care because when I fail, I try something new.

I guess I'm breaking out a little of what's comfortable and easy.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

When I've worked with established artists, I've naturally been more restricted, but you still have to take risks and push yourself to do something different.