Judy Blume Quotes

There's no emotion. I just see the gap and, instinctively, go for it.

I can make a virtue of slapdash. Slapdash can give you courage.

In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.

You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.

I'm pretty gutsy. Dancers don't think about things; they just do them.

There is a part of your brain that has to stop when you're acting. You have to be in the moment and dare to fly. Words can't be on your mind.

I love flying by the seat of my pants, going at something instinctually.

Trust what you see and go play.

When I play at my best is when I play with the least amount of inhibition, when I think less.

I'm more the kind of man who never makes decisions. But impulsivity is not the opposite of courage; I think it's possible to do both.

For art and joy go together, with bold openness, and high head, and ready hand - fearing naught and dreading no exposure.

I've always been quite a spontaneous person, so I would lean more towards, if you feel it and you know its right, then do it.

Take one more deep breath, savor it, and plunge forward without thinking. Do not allow yourself hesitation. Do not allow yourself a moment of doubt. Follow your instincts and go where you never would have considered possible.

I don't plan. I don't think, 'I have to do this kind of part 'cause I've done that kind of part.' I'm not a very good planner.

When it's time to make music, that's about getting lost for me. To be a control freak is not half as good as being a freak who's casually in control. You're feeling around in the dark for something that feels good.

Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticised anyone for taking a chance.

I think there are actors who are like, 'Okay, what am I doing, how am I doing it, what's the appeal? Tell me what to do, what are the exact lines from the script? Okay, I got it.' I am not that way. I would be a terrible bus driver. I'd want to be like, 'Oh, let's take this side road! Let's see what happens when we go down this back alley.'

I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote 'Search.' There was no carefully designed work plan. There was no theory that I was out to prove.

Sure, give me an adventure and I'll ride it.

Calculation never made a hero.

Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure.

I have always moved by intuition alone. I have no system, literary or political. I have no guiding political idea.

As an idea occurs to me, I'll either follow it or not, but I'm more instinctive than master-planner about stuff.

The best thing about Mick Jagger is how uncalculating he is. He does what he wants to do and it feels right. He's not a dancer - neither am I.

I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them.