Following Intuition Quotes

Let's say I've directed that [writing] energy into writing my latest book but suddenly, I really want to write about an onion. I don't say to myself, "No, you have stay on the subject," because I know that the longer I stay on the subject the more boring I get. So, if my mind wants to write about an onion, it might be a deeper way to go into what I'm working on, even though it might seem irrelevant. This is how I've learned to follow my mind.

When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first.

Much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.

I'm not going to allow myself to second-guess projects. I'm just going to do the ones that I fully love and believe in - that's a real privilege.

There's the chart -- and there's the heart. And it's great when they both line up. But you better follow your heart, 'cause that's where it's at.

If one line about the film excites me, I try to take it forward.

The only mistake I ever made was not listening to my gut.

Be aware of your inner voice and follow it, even though most of the time it will tell you the most uncomfortable path to choose.

I must follow my heart.

I followed my instincts; I followed my intuition, and it paid off.

It is not so important where one settles down. The best thing is to follow your instincts without too much reflection.

At 42, I decided to become a photographer because it offered a means of creative thought and action. I didn't rationalize this, I just felt it intuitively and followed my intuition, which I have never regretted.

Most innovative things are not obvious to other people at the time. You have to believe in yourself. If you've got a good idea, follow it even though others tell you it's not.

When I finally decided that my only hope was to go to college, I took an acting class, and once I walked onstage, I just knew I was home.

If an idea comes and I am attracted to it, I will do it.

I've always been in rock bands. I was in a rock band with my brother in high school. Then I was playing classical guitar recitals, and people said, 'You know, you can't really do both things.' My intuition told me they were wrong. Somehow, what was interesting about me was that I had those two things in my life.

Throughout my career I have been talked out of things I wanted to do, and when I look back, I think I should have followed my instincts.

I follow my heart and my instinct about films and people.

There are leaders and there are followers. Followers follow leaders and leaders follow their heart

I knew I didn't want to be a doctor but didn't know what I wanted to do. I prayed, and all I heard back was: 'Do comedy.' It was something I had never done before, but I gave in, tried comedy, and the rest is history.

I've learned about employee relations; I've learned about following your instinct. One of the biggest mistakes you can follow is not following your instincts, you know? A lot of times your instincts will tell you what to do if you have a good one. Now, if your instincts are terrible, then you ask for advice. But if you have good instincts, you definitely have to follow them, or else you regret them.

What matters is how quickly you do what your soul directs.

Dumb luck brought on the move from business to acting. I had moved to New York when I was 23, in the year 2000. On a lark, I went to audition for a soap opera. I thought, 'Hey, this will be a really fun story to tell my grandkids one day, that I auditioned for a soap!'

There were a lot of signs being thrown at me, a lot of angels I was meeting, inspiring me to get back into show business.

He used to say we all had a compass inside of us and what we needed to do was to find it and to follow it.