#then

I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple. ↗

— Van Morrison

#i do #i write #job #later #maybe

If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it. ↗

— Van Morrison

#you #you can do it

If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the long run. ↗

— Viggo Mortensen

#everyone #going #honestly #i #long

If there's no craft there, then once the looks go, there goes your career. ↗

— Joe Morton

#craft #go #goes #looks #once

If you have the skill, then you can move as you age. ↗

— Joe Morton

#move #skill #then #you

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you. ↗

— Samantha Morton

#cast #direct #directors #forget #performance

Not only the style, but the way in which you don't exactly know what on earth has happened or is happening till about page two hundred - then it all becomes apparent in a blinding flash. ↗

— Nicholas Mosley

#apparent #becomes #blinding #earth #exactly

I would have been completely brainwashed by this lopsided and racist view of the world if it weren't for my father. He was a deep thinker and an irrepressible problem solver. He was a Black Socrates, asking why and then spoiling ready-made replies. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#been #black #brainwashed #completely #deep

We live in capitalism, and capitalism is defined by the production line, and the production line is defined by specificity. If you see yourself as an artist, which I do, then you can't be limited by that. You can't let somebody tell you, 'Well, you can only draw this kind of picture or write that kind of book.' ↗

— Walter Mosley

#book #capitalism #defined #draw #i

People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you're lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life. ↗

— Carrie-Anne Moss

#certain point #certain way #design #how #life