Cassandra Clare Quotes

It's a big universe. To stay in one tiny place is doing a disservice to yourself.

I don't think you should limit what you read.

I want to play everything. I really want to do it all.

Start wide, expand further, and never look back.

I need to broaden my horizons.

Don't limit yourself to one thing.

You should really cast a big net when it comes to life and learning. In the end, you're so much better for it.

I made this list of stuff that it's time for me to try to do.

Young people should travel, and they don't. You can't know if you don't go.

Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.

I just think you can't shut your life off to just, you know, one thing. You gotta be open-minded. Explore things. Feed your artist.

Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.

As an artist, you want to stretch. That's the only way you're going to grow. If I stay inside my comfort zone, do roles that I've done before, then I'm never going to get better as an actress.

You need to keep on doing things you have never done before in your career. You have to have a go.

I was so happy in my comfort zone which was dancing. But after a point, you feel the need to grow, otherwise everything becomes boring. Naturally, the next step for me was acting.

You have to [go outside your comfort zone]. Andy Warhol said 'say yes to everything'.

Every five years, I decide to learn something new.

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

What I find really interesting is to try and mix it up, to push myself and try different things. I don't want to stay in my comfort zone. I want to take risks and keep myself scared.

Expect more than others think possible.

It is futile to ask a person who is narrow minded or close minded, to give his judgment for he is not willing to accommodate suggestions and opinions from others and hence, his wisdom remains restricted and is not allowed to evolve, and so he is not able to use his wisdom efficiently.

In Hollywood, people tend to have the same sensibilities, the same taste and values, and I didn't want to spend my life that way. I wanted to have a bigger, more interesting life.

I'm a big believer in doing things that make you uncomfortable. So, we live in a world where we want to be as comfortable as we can. And we wonder why we have no growth. We wonder why - when the smallest thing in our life gets difficult - we wonder why we cower and we run away.

It's important to surround yourself with good people, interesting people, young people, young ideas. Go places, learn new stuff. Look at the world with wonder - don't be tired about it.