Janet Echelman Quotes

It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

I do like not knowing where I'm going, wandering in strange woods, whistling and following bread crumbs.

I'm always looking for something new to do.

...maximize the serendipity around you.

Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out. You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go.

Dig into life with wild roving abandon, opening your mind to the delicious possibilities that perplex the mind, entice the heart, and excite the spirit.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

You travel with the hope that something unexpected will happen. It has to do with enjoying being lost and figuring it out and the satisfaction. I always get a little disappointed when I know too well where I'm going, or when I've lived in a place so long that there's no chance I could possibly get lost.

When you spin a globe and point to a city and actually go to that city, you build an allowance of missed opportunities on the back end.

I like to experiment, and my life has been eventful.

Often times, I'm surprised by what I'm writing or what I'm playing, and then that inspires me to keep going with it, so it ends up being a very adventurous process.

A good traveller is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveller does not know where he came from.

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

My new toy is not knowing, because it's very creative. I'm the guy who likes to get in the car and get lost.

If the writing is good, I'm there. If it's something I've never done before, I'm up for that, too.

I like going into places that you never know what you're going to find because you can go in with no ideas and leave with thousands.

I want to try new things and just see what's out there.

The important thing is not to know where you are going, to be open to accidents. That's what keeps it fun.

I am always living in the now, so I like what fate brings to you. That's always fun for me. To have a process and someone be like, 'How about this?' And you just grab onto that and see where it takes you.

I just really love to do new things and experience new things.

I like to be surprised by life; it's a good thing to search for the puzzle pieces.

Play is experimenting with chance.

Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out.

When I go on vacation, I take very few clothes and a whole lot of books. It's the most soothing thing in the world. Reading 'Moby-Dick' is like being in a time machine. I almost feel as excited as the first time I read it and I always find something new.

I'm interested in stories. I think I'm a bit of a pathfinder.