Focusing Inward Quotes

All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for... reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal. I've never sought it (though I desire it) and seek it less and less.

I think the most important thing we as writers can do is figure out how we define what success will mean to us and focus on that.

So much time is wasted on trying to be better than others.

Don't waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in.

You will say good-bye for all the right reasons. You're tired of living in wait for his apocalypse. You have your own fight on your hands, and though it's no bigger or more noble than his, it will require all of your energy. It's you who has to hold on to earth. You have to tighten your grip -- which means letting go of him.

The other death for an actor is comparing yourself to other people: Forget someone else's path. Concentrate on your path. Otherwise, you get lost, and if you don't have joy in the work, forget it.

It's only when you make the process your goal that the big dream can follow.