W.J. Cameron Quotes

Nothing dies harder than a bad idea. And few ideas are worse than the ones we have about art.

Setting skepticism aside, even briefly, can make for very interesting explorations. It is not necessary that we change any of our beliefs. It is necessary that we examine them.

Rather than being taught to ask ourselves who we are, we are schooled to ask others. We are, in effect, trained to listen to others’ versions of ourselves.

There will be many times when we won't look good-to ourselves or anyone else. We need to stop demanding that we do. It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time.

Next to Morning Pages and Artist Dates, the most potent tool for contacting inner guidance and creativity is walking.

Making art is a rite of initiation. People change their souls.

For today, all you need is the grace to begin beginning.

I don't think that growing up in the entertainment industry is the healthiest place for kids. The track record kind of shows that.

To really understand what love is, you've kinda got to dig down deeper than just how you feel at the moment.

Think of someone you know who's not saved but you may be afraid to share the Gospel with that person. I've found a way that's radically effective in training people to share the Gospel.

I never had a desire to leave mainstream Hollywood. And still don't think that I've left mainstream Hollywood.

Atheism has been on the rise for years now, and the Bible of the atheists is The Origin of Species.

God's advice trumps Oprah's every time.

I think my biggest problem was, as a celebrity on a TV show, you get an inflated ego and you think you're the center of the universe.

You either believe marriage and human sexuality are sacred, or you do not.

My kids haven't watched one episode of 'Growing Pains'. I'll tell you why. When our kids were little, we never wanted Mommy or Daddy to be the celebrity mom or dad to our kids.

People want to be liked by other people so they adopt other people's standards, but for me, my standard had always been true.

Our first priority is our kids.

A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking away from that to grow as artists.

So, I just kind of played the way I played and then eventually we kind of figured out what worked best for the band. So, I definitely changed my stuff up and I think we're playing really tight now.

Little things can make such a big difference during recording.

My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments.

A cat that jumps on a hot stove will never jump on a hot stove again. Neither will it jump on a cold stove.

Unfortunately I have never been good in math. Numbers simply do not interest me or seem as real to me as words.

I found the idea of being a librarian very appealing--working in a place where people had to whisper and only speak when necessary. If only the world were like that!

I knew my mother was right, but that didn't change the way I felt about things. People always think that if they can prove they're right, you'll change your mind.

You're so young... Are you sure that's what you want your life to be, forever and ever? That job? That career? That girlfriend?

She had all the best things wrong with her—incest, insanity, drug addiction, bulimia, alopecia: you name it. All the perfect stuff for a memoir. She’s so lucky.

Sometimes I envy religious people for the comfort of believing. It would make everything so much easier.

I personally love books that make me think, so I naturally gravitate toward writing a book like that, one that's going to make someone think and make me think.

We're naturally afraid of a spider - these are memories that are being chemically passed down through your DNA.

I tend to be a very logical, practical person.

Your truth really can't be twisted. It is what it is. That doesn't mean that a person can't develop and change and reinterpret their life.

I'm a history person, and I love the groundedness of that, of being able to go, "Yes! People acted like that."

I don't think I've ever done anything that's completely the same, yet.

I would never say that I'm not going to do something. I like not being limited.

I'll tell you what I was most surprised to discover about my writing process, and that is that I never know what I'm doing.

I think there's a lot that we remember almost chemically, through our DNA.

I think Scotland is probably my spiritual home and I love it there very, very much.

I would not give up a lot of what I know about my heritage. I would not give up knowing where I came from, the good parts and the bad parts.

I do think a lot about the past.

History is absolutely my thing.

I am very into genealogy and heritage, and that's how I started writing.

I love getting into the basement of a courthouse, and all the dusty records - all that stuff makes me really happy.

I think the past is something I have spent a lot of time thinking about, not only what is different about the past but what's the same, and what links us to the past.

It occurred to me at some point that what really links us to the past is memory, and there's so much we've forgotten.

I never have the feeling that I actually know what I'm doing or anything that I'm writing is any good.

I can't promise not to make you mad. I can't promise that I won't hurt you. All I can promise is that I want you in my life, and I'll do anything to keep you there.

I love you, Missy girl. Even if I can't be with you, know that I'm here. So, that's it. More than the stars, Taylor. More than the stars.

There must be a mistake, " I said. He adjusted his bag on his shoulder. "That's a creative name. What do you shorten it to? Missy?