Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

I'm a person who is always trying to write in a different vein.

Every time I write a new book, I want to push myself to try something different.

If it feels like you're aiming for something too familiar, and you're not having a primary new experience, then what's the point of making that movie? It's been done before, so try to find something new out of it.

I just wanted to make something in the world and worry about the rest of it later and not get too caught up in rules.

I wanted each of my books to be very different from the others, each to be special and uncategorizable, and I knew I could only do that a few times before I was in danger of repeating myself.

When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That's the challenge.

'Bloodshot,' for me, was unlike anything I'd ever done before, which was really the draw of it. In addition to trying to reconnect with my earlier work, I also wanted to try to do something that was completely new and different.

You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are different from what other people are writing.

From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.

Honestly, as a director, at least for me, if I start doing the same thing over and over again, I'm going to get bored really quickly.

I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep challenging yourself and keep doing new stuff. If you end up trying to repeat yourself it's death. It just becomes boring and takes the passion out of it. You gotta find stories and characters that you really want to hang out with.

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again.

One of the reasons why I don't write the same kind of book again and again is that I get bored very easily, so I like to make things interesting for myself.

I want to not do anything I've done before. That can come in any form.

I think it's more important to make a lot of different things and keep coming up with new images and things that were never made before, than to do one thing and do it well.

I always wanted to do something different with each film. So I guess that means that I wanted to not repeat myself. There has to be some kind of a new element in each project that I take up.

I try every day to do something that I've never done before or make some sound that I've never made before.

I'm always interested in the challenge of doing something new.

On every new project, I try to write in a different way and see if there's a new side of myself I haven't explored.

I didn't want to write the same book over and over.

We do things differently. You don't have to worry about being part of a particular genre. You just go for it.

Artists are always looking for new things and fresh ground and fresh air. If it feels new to me, there's a chance it'll feel new to the audience and we'll have found something.

We're all trying to be artists making our own unique statements. I think the only real way to do that is through failure.

Doing what has never been done before is intellectually seductive, whether or not we deem it practical.