Back then, you seemed like a crazy person when you were trying to push the boundaries of network TV. People looked at you, and they were offended by the fact that you didn't follow the generic rules of what was expected on network TV.
I'm just trying to be truthful and collaborate with people who have interesting things to say.
I don't think it matters what the frequency is of me writing or directing a movie. It doesn't really matter to anybody else. I'm just trying to put good things out there.
Well, every movie is an experiment. And the only way you can grow at what you're doing is to take chances. You can't try to stick with what worked last time.
Try to live without something digital - without digital code for about two hours, very hard to do if you're awake.
Making a movie is trying to capture moments of true reality.
It's just human nature to try and figure things out. So, when we're in the midst of a situation, we usually try to reason our way through it.
God's grace will never be available to you to become another person. He created to be you - the best "you" you can be! Forget about trying to be someone else.
People who pity themselves think, 'Why would I try to do anything? I'll just fail.'
I want to let you in on a little secret: I don't always feel like I'm a success. That's right. There are plenty of times when I feel like I've just totally messed up and failed to connect with the people I'm trying to communicate with.
We can never make ourselves better by trying... praying more or longer, studying more of the Word, performing good works, etc. Don't get me wrong... it's not bad to do any of these things. In fact, it's good. It's just that doing them in God's power is the only way those things will have any real and lasting effect in our lives.
We will all fail in life, but nobody has to be a failure. Failing at a thing doesn't make you a failure. You are only a failure when you quit trying.
Everytime you feed the flesh, you strenghten it. This is good if you are trying to build a good habit, but detrimental if you are trying to stop a bad habit. The way to "kill the flesh" is to starve it; to stop feeding it.
Does it bother me that I'm attached to 'Three's Company' 30 years after? Not at all. All we were trying to do was be funny. How can I complain? That's all I wanted to do.
If I try to summon back his face, the sound of his voice, and the sensation in my stomach like a key turning in a lock when he touched me, I lose everything.
I don't teach literature from my perspective as 'Joyce Carol Oates.' I try to teach fiction from the perspective of each writer. If I'm teaching a story by Hemingway, my endeavor is to present the story that Hemingway wrote in its fullest realization.
And so you must grant to God what is God and not try to think of what you have lost, for that way is madness.
Don't try to anticipate an ideal reader - or any reader. He/she might exist - but is reading someone else.
The mysteries of the female sex! We men can never hope to fathom your depths, but only try not to drown in them.
Failure isn't really an option because, as my grandmother used to say, "Nothing beats a failure but a try."
Try taking a stand on just one leg. You need to see both sides.
You may be whatever you resolve to be - determine to be something in the world and you will be something. " I cannot," never accomplished anything. "I will try" has worked wonders.
I started writing songs so late and I had so many day jobs - jobs just to pay the bills. So, when I started doing this, I said, "I'm never gonna do anything to corrupt this. Never try to "sell it." Never gonna do anything to make this a job." I can go five months without writing a song. Then something will happen and I'll write six songs in a week.
I try to help other people get through difficult times in their own lives.
I know that being positive is a choice, and I try to make that choice every day.
