W.J. Cameron Quotes

I've tried not to get sucked into the Hollywood hierarchy system. Personally, I don't like it when people are deferential to me because I'm an established filmmaker. It's a blue-collar sensibility.

I always do makeup touch-ups myself, especially for blood, wounds, and dirt. It saves so much time.

I'm King Of The World!!!

Go home, pick up your video camera, and make a film.

I think people had somehow gotten the sense that we have explored everything, when that isn't the case. We so know so little about the ocean, and so much of it is being destroyed.

Failure is an option, fear is not.

Tread softly upon the earth because the faces of the unborn look up at you.

The last I checked, 'Titanic' worldwide has grossed $1.3 billion. Imagine how much more it would have grossed if I had gotten the sky correct.

You're so stupid, Rose!

I dreamed I was a soldier who could bring peace. Sooner or later, though, you always have to wake up.

It's really the sense of isolation, more than anything, realizing how tiny you are down in this big vast black unknown and unexplored place.

Any direct experience that I have with indigenous peoples and their plights may feed into the nature of the story I choose to tell. In fact, it almost certainly will.

There is a hugely underserved population out there... those who are the least capable of paying pay the highest.

Rose: You're trembling. Jack: I'll be alright.

It seems like there'd be no Donald Trump without the internet, first of all. He's a tweeter, which is basically just a bullhorn.

I spent a lot of time with making sure everyone felt wanted.

I love British female directors lately.

I'm going to go wherever I'm needed.

Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. It is an appropriate companion for any difficult change.

Treating myself like a precious object will make me strong.

Accept the fact that you're an artist and stop second-guessing yourself. Just do it.

We are the ORIGIN of our art, its homeland. Viewed this way, ORIGINALITY is the process of remaining true to ourselves.

When we are on our right path, we have a surefootedness.

Take a small step in the direction of a dream and watch the synchronous doors flying open

Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness... bright ideas are preceded by a gestation period that is interior, murky, and completely necessary.

The essential element in nurturing our creativity lies in nurturing ourselves.

What payoff are you getting for remaining stuck at this point in your expansion?

I learned to just show up at the page and write down what I heard. Writing became more like eavesdropping and less like inventing a nuclear bomb.

Art is one of the few careers without a mandatory retirement age.

By listening to the creator within, we are led to our right path.

A working artist is a playing artist.

When I ask for help with my creativity, I get it.

Do not call procrastination laziness. Call it fear.

We don't often talk about the fact that writing is all about rhythm. When you get too up in your head, you can lose a lot of your writing. Sometimes what a writer really needs to do is go dancing.

Soul is not about function; it's about beauty, form, and memory.

As children we hoard and gloat over words. Words give ownership: we name our world and we claim it...Children trust the power of words.

It's impossible to get better and look good at the same time.

My heart holds the world in tender awe.

When we open ourselves to exploring our creativity, we open ourselves to God: good, orderly direction.

Art is a spiritual practice. We may not, and need not, do it perfectly.

Workaholism is an addiction, and like all addictions, it blocks creative energy.

Water seeks its own level and water rises collectively

The opposite of Prosperity is not poverty. It is anxiety.

Technology teaches passivity. Absorbed in our devices - at any age - we are absorbed in someone elses perspective.

We are not accustomed to thinking that God's will for us and our own inner dreams can coincide.

It is the use of creativity which heals the creative wound.

I bless the wisdom of my loving heart. Love is a form of listening. I listen with a loving heart. I listen to the love within my heart and I hear the love in the hearts of others.

Apologies are the art of spiritual housekeeping. They help to put and keep our lives in order.

Nothing dies harder than a bad idea.

Writing just for the hell of it is heaven.