Richard P. Feynman Quotes

Find something that makes you happy and go for it.

I think you should do what you like, and luckily, I am able to make money out of them.

Do what you love and try not to look at what other people occupy themselves with.

If you have any talent, or any occupation that delights you, do it, and do it to the hilt. Don't ask why, or what difficulties you may get into.

You only get so much time to do something that you enjoy or love to do. If you can continue doing it, you might as well, because I don't want to live in regret. I don't want to be the person sitting behind a desk, wondering, 'Did I do it right, did I finish it off, did I really give it my all?'

I never think about what others are doing. I do a film for myself, not others.

Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something.

I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it.

I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.

When I started singing, I couldn't be shut up.

I've hardly had an avant-garde career... If you're going to make a film, you have to try to make sure it comes out of a childlike passion, as if you're doing it for the first time.

I essentially write for myself.

I just make whatever music I want. It's my obsession, and it's very fulfilling.

Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.

Even if nobody cared, I'm still gonna make music.

I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself.

Follow your heart. Do what you love. Because I was constantly struggling with that. If it's in your heart, go for it. Don't listen to other people.

Do what you love, and do it well - that's much more meaningful than any metric.

You make you work for yourself. It's the feeling of, 'If nobody ever saw it, that'd be fine, too.'

If I don't create, I don't exist.

I think if more people actually pursued what they loved, we'd have a lot more innovation and creativity.

To all musicians - forget gender - to all musicians, it's about - do what makes you happy. Just go for it, you know?

Do things you love; then success, possibly, will follow.

I don't mean it to sound egomaniacal, but in a way, for me, it was very useful to imagine that I was the only one who was taking pen in hand. I'd always been told that it was impossible to be published, so I was writing only for myself.

I don't feel like anybody can stop me when it comes to music.