When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.
Directing is all tied up with childhood loneliness. It's such an odd thing to end up doing.
Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.
I don't have my novel outlined, and I have to write to discover what I am doing. Like the old lady, I don't know so well what I think until I see what I say; then I have to say it over again.
My brother's 21 years older than me, so I grew up doing more adult things. Like listening to old music.
You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
I look back at old photographs and videotapes, and I go, Who was I trying to be? Who was I doing this for?
I'm not trying to be new school and I'm not old school - I'm classic. There's a lot of new cars and there's a lot of old cars, but I'm just classic in doing what I do.
I think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don't want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life.
Everybody is doing the same old thing.
I never, ever wanted to be the Rolling Stones. Bless their hearts, but I don't necessarily want to go on doing the same old thing for the next 10, 20 years... I could see how easy it is to get into that rut, the whole touring mindset.
Sometimes I don't fully accept it. It's tough. I miss doing old things. I miss shooting hoops with my friends.
Digitization is certainly challenging the old ways of doing things, whether that's in publishing or politics. But it's not the end. In many ways, it is just the beginning.
Entrepreneurs almost always have to step out of existing institutions that embody old ways of doing things to build their vision.
Technology is advancing at breakneck speed, upending old ways of doing business and resetting the social contract between employers and employees.
I hate going to the gym and doing it the old-fashioned way. I hate anything that's too straightforward, too routine, too familiar. I get bored really, really quickly.
I'm pretty sure in my older years, I'll be doing old-time flavored folk-mountain music.
I'm doing something called 'Olivia Twisted,' that will start next year. There may be something in between, but right now, that's the one that I'm slated to do next year. That's a very ultra-modern version of 'Oliver Twist,' and it's female-driven. It's an action film, and it's kind of dark and gritty.
I'm friends with Carla Olsen and she's doing a lot of producing these days. She's getting quite a little collection of records that she's produced. She's real busy.
Coming from the background that I come from, being a gold medalist, you see Ronda Rousey and Daniel Cormier doing so well. Yoel Romero. All these Olympians. It's kinda hard to bet against them.
