1,222 Quotes About Risk

You've got to have the guts not to be afraid to screw up.

Boats in the harbor are safe but that is not what they are meant for.

Those reliable axioms about the taste and expectations of the mass movie audience are not so much laws of nature as artifacts of corporate strategy. And the lessons derived from them conveniently serve to strengthen a status quo that increasingly marginalizes risk, originality and intelligence.

It is essential for me to become involved in another search, and 'search' is the proper word to use because it promises discovery along with the risk.

While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.

With My Dog-Eyes by Hilda Hilst got more exposure and reached far more readers than I ever expected. Even my editor at Melville House, who championed the project form the outset, told me she was surprised by the response. After this, editors began asking my opinion about which Latin American writers ought to be translated. I realized I had some cultural capital to spend, and I wanted to use it to introduce another author who might be considered a risk by conventional publishers. Michael Noll was at the top of my list.

We're in a very competitive industry, and sometimes the bigger Hollywood things are not so risk takey. I find myself mostly existing in this weirdo indie world, which I feel really comfortable being in. The thing that motivates me the most is to try to do something way different than the last thing that I did.

Take risks in your life in the pursuit of your dreams, and support the ones you love when they take risks.

Weigh risk carefully, and once you decide a risk is manageable and necessary in the pursuit of your dreams, take it.