“It's very common to think that we're always evolving, that we've changed so much from our younger selves, that within decades we've transformed into these different people. We like to think that. I feel in some ways that I am still so much my younger self. There are ways that I'm different: I feel like I'm wiser and kinder. But I think a lot of the impulses are still the same. I learned that.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsStillsDifferentSelfCommonChangedDecadesEvolveImpulseTransformedWiserDifferent PeoplesKinderYounger Self Author:Carrie Brownstein
“I would not call myself an optimist, even though I would aspire to be. I am innately a skeptic. There's kind of an incessant dissatisfaction that I have, that I'm always trying to either expose or fight against or wrestle with.” TryingKindFightingAspireOptimistAlways TryingSkepticDissatisfactionIncessant Author:Carrie Brownstein
“Each movie is different because each audience is different. You're not dictated by what they tell you to do. You're more dictated by seeing symptoms of things you didn't intend, and how you can fix those symptoms.” DifferentAudienceSeeingSymptoms Author:Jon M. Chu
“I don't feel like I need to be on an island to be enjoying myself and relaxing.” NeedsFeelsEnjoyIslands Author:Jon M. Chu
“I'm getting more and more isolated as I get on in years. I think people's insanity starts to slowly take over.” PeopleThinkingYearsInsanityIsolated Author:Jim Shaw
“When you're younger, you go out and you're convivial because you have to be. But once you don't have to meet people anymore, what's your motivation in going out?” PeopleMotivationGoing Out Author:Jim Shaw
“I realized that I wasn't naturally born to good taste. I understand what it is, but I am happy to wear bright colors. I do have a few items of black clothing, but I think good taste and doing the same thing over and over again is what the whole art world has become.” ThinkingWorldArtWholeBlackBornColorTasteI RealizedClothingsItemsGood TasteArt WorldBright Colors Author:Jim Shaw
“They say the one thing that people who live the longest have in common is that they have a religious belief.” PeopleBeliefReligiousCommonOne ThingReligious Belief Author:Jim Shaw
“I feel like I have to avoid certain thrift store-isms, having been known for the thrift store paintings. It's like I have to not paint that way.” WayFeelsCertainKnownPaintingPaintStoresThriftIsms Author:Jim Shaw
“I've had far more success than I ever expected. But I do think that a lot of successful artists have an aim to be successful, even if they don't outwardly sound like it. I never really expected success.” IfsThinkingArtistSoundSuccessfulAimExpectedBeing SuccessfulSuccessful Artists Author:Jim Shaw