“I think I'm well on the way of overcoming a very big hurdle that's been in my way for several years. Which is trying to find a way to not let the insecurity of my profession get the better of me and make me crazy. I'm trying to find a way to maintain my own personal balance in the midst of everything.” ThinkingWayTryingYearsWellsBigsMy OwnCrazyBalanceOvercomingProfessionMy WayInsecurityMidstHurdle Author:Rebecca De Mornay
“Cut like crazy. Less is more. I've often read manuscripts - including my own - where I've got to the beginning of, say, chapter two and have thought: “This is where the novel should actually start.” A huge amount of information about character and backstory can be conveyed through small detail. The emotional attachment you feel to a scene or a chapter will fade as you move on to other stories. Be business-like about it.” FeelsShouldTwoCharacterStoriesMovingMy OwnNovelCuttingCrazyInformationEmotionalHugeAmountSceneIncludingDetailsAttachmentFadesChaptersManuscriptsLess Is MoreSmall Details Author:Sarah Waters
“For all the drama we all have with our families and all the tension and hostility, I couldn't have done this without my family. Being the people that they are - they're crazy - made it possible for me to be crazy and to live a lifestyle of my own design.” PeopleMadeDoneMy OwnCrazyDesignDramaMy FamilyLifestyleMade ItOur FamilyTensionHostilityBeing Crazy Author:Dan Colen
“How crazy craziness makes everyone, how irrationally afraid. The madness hidden in each of us, called to, identified, aroused like a lust. And against that the jaw sets. The more I fear my own insanity the more I must punish yours.” My OwnCrazyMadnessIllnessLustMental IllnessInsanitySanityCraziness Book:The Loony-bin Trip Source: The Loony-bin Trip
“There will always be critics. On one hand, criticism can be positive. On the other hand, criticism can be negative. But critics will always be watching the game. If you listen to everybody, you can go crazy. I have my own point of view, and I always try to keep it.” IfsTryingHandsGamesMy OwnViewsCrazyNegativeCriticismCriticsPoint Of ViewBeing Positive Author:Alexander Ovechkin
“Breakthrough ideas look crazy, nuts. It’s hard to think this way — I see it in other people’s body language, and I can feel it in my own, where I sometimes feel like I don’t even care if it’s going to work, I can’t take more change. O.K., Google, O.K., Twitter—but Airbnb? People staying in each other’s houses without there being a lot of axe murders?” PeopleIfsThinkingWayFeelsLooksI CanIdeasSometimesHardBodyCareHouseLanguageMy OwnCrazyMurderStayingNutsGoogleGoing To WorkBreakthroughBody LanguageAirbnb Author:Marc Andreessen
“It remains unbelievable to me that I have any readers beyond my own blood relations - it's a crazy, wild gift.” My OwnBloodCrazyReaderRelationRemainsUnbelievableBlood Relation Author:Karen Russell
“I make my protein drink with whiskey. People think I'm crazy, but that's the way I am. I get stoned, I do my own thing.” PeopleThinkingWayMy OwnCrazyDrinkWhiskeyProtein Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Four years ago on this very day I tried to take my own life. And I said, "Zach, do it in front of your co-workers and end the misery." I don't know how many of you ever tried to jump off of a Pizza Hut, but you'll just get a sprained ankle out of the deal. Then you'll have to go back inside, and serve crazy bread.” KnowsYearsSaidEndsHumorFunnyMy OwnDealsKnow HowFourCrazyFrontsYears AgoMiseryWorkersBreadFour YearsPizzaMy Own LifeAnklesHutsCo Worker Author:Zach Galifianakis
“I am free, and always have been; free to accept my own reality, free to trust my perceptions, free to believe what makes me feel sane even if others call me crazy, free to disagree even if it means great loss, free to seek the way home until I find it.” IfsWayFeelsBelieveMeanHas BeensHomeRealityMy OwnLossAcceptingCrazyPerceptionCall MeDisagreeSaneWay HomeGreat LossCall Me Crazy Book:Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith Source: Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith
“I am crazy about my own films. The films I've just made I'm crazy about them. But then I don't see them for many years. It's like when you get a new child you're very crazy about this child but then after a few years you're like, "what was its name again?"” YearsChildrenMadeFilmNamesMy OwnCrazyI Am Crazy Author:Lars von Trier