"True success is figuring out your life and career so you never have to be around jerks."

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Source : John Waters (2010). “Role Models”, p.234, Macmillan

John Waters

#Careers Quotes #Jerk Quotes

“I absolutely don't believe in anything. Full stop. Including luck.”
“I often joke with my audiences that I make most of my income on a ski pole. People smile but they get my point. You need to make time for your genius to flow. We get our creative bursts, those idea torrents that take our business and personal lives to the next level, while we are skiing or drinking coffee in a Starbucks or walking in the woods or meditation with a sunrise. Those pursuits are not a waste of time. Creativity comes when you are relaxed, happy and enjoying the moment. And when it comes, it brings ideas that rock your world.”
“I was super skeptical about doing TV. I said no three times, part of which was confidence because I didn't really understand that world. I know how to climb mountains and do all that, but I wasn't a TV person.”
“I am against the idea of the end, that everything culminates in paradise or judgment.”
“Sometimes I imagine myself looking back on right now and I think like where will I be standing when I look back Will right now look like the beginning of a great life or... or what”
“God is the same, even though He has a thousand names; it is up to us to select a name for Him.”
“I always feel like 'as long as I'm doin' what I love to do, the money's naturally gonna come.' When you start thinkin' business and you start thinkin' 'What's hot? What's the wave? Who is hot? Let's get at that person,' it becomes a point where you're tryin' to strategize to make money. And that's always a gamble.”

Source : Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. November 12, 2008.
“I mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. But I just didn't pay attention to that period of music, obviously.”

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