The only time you are actually growing is when you are uncomfortable.
Your life is not going to be easy, and it should not be easy. It ought to be hard. It ought to be radical; it ought to be restless; it ought to lead you to places you'd rather not go.
We are the rebels asking for the storm, and believing that truth is only to be found in an endless search. If the 'World Spirit' touches you, do not expect that it will be painless.
You're abandoning a lot of ideas when you are too into comfort. 'Comfy'-that's one of the worst words!
I was such a nerd. It just wasn't something I would have wanted. And I didn't want to act like an adult.
I'm just constantly trying to renew and give myself new challenges and push myself to uncomfortable places, trying to get better.
How much time, creative energy, and emotion do we expend resisting change because we assume growth must always be painful? Much personal growth is uncomfortable, but it's worse to thwart the ascent of your authenticity.
Lack of comfort means we are on the threshold of new insights.
Having our fundamental assumptions about life challenged is never a comfortable thing.
Sometimes people ask, 'Does writing make you happy?' But I think that's beside the point. It makes you agitated, and continually in a state where you're off balance. You seldom feel serene or settled.
Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting!
Growth is usually uncomfortable. If you're looking for comfort, you will more than likely feel tired and old earlier than you want, and the misery of your caged soul will always be looming nearby.
When I'm at my best, I'm trying to destabilize myself and figure out new ways of approaching art as a provocation. I think I am at my best when I push myself into a place where I don't have all the answers.
To me, discomfort is a gift in the films that I'm making.
The key to pursuing excellence is to embrace an organic, long-term learning process, and not to live in a shell of static, safe mediocrity. Usually, growth comes at the expense of previous comfort or safety.
