Jim Steinman Quotes

I'm somebody who explores extraordinary possibilities, not ordinary ones.

People get surprised by my choices. But that comes from me looking for something new.

I've never been averse to a little risk - after all, writing without risk is not really writing at all. Sometimes one has to just let fly with a high concept piece and see where the pieces fall. As it generally turns out, the central story is familiar, but just with different rules of engagement.

It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you're not safe, when you're not in the middle of the road, at least for me, anyway.

You have to be a crazy guy and a little eccentric to be very successful.

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 mind being unlikely. I'd rather that than be predictable.

I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled.

Take a walk on the wild side.

I always look for a challenge and something that's different.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

If you do something new, it will always look a little bit strange.

You don't break ground by doing the same thing over and over and over. That's like standing in place. You have to risk to gain it all.

Nintendo's philosophy is never to go the easy path; it's always to challenge ourselves and try to do something new.

Well, when you're trying to create things that are new, you have to be prepared to be on the edge of risk.

I always like to do something different, something unusual, stray off the path a bit.

I think that, to some degree, being irreverent is the only reason I continue to be successful.

I was just never discouraged from doing something wacky like trying to be a comedian.

The tried and tested becomes very boring. There's no way that the British equivalent of a Bryan Cranston would get the lead in a British equivalent of 'Breaking Bad.'

More or less, I am always saying, 'Let's do what has not been done.'

What I learned from Mel Brooks was audacity - in performance as in life. Maybe you go too far, but try it.

There is an inherent creative restlessness at Laika where we always want to challenge ourselves.

I like to be bold and different and to go and try things.

My advice is try something you've never done before or maybe something that's not as popular.

I think we should always challenge ourselves to do things that have never been done.