Jon M. Chu > Quotes

“If we really want to know ourselves, each of us has to try to find a vantage point to see all of it: the messy past, the confusing present, the unknowable future.”
― Jon M. Chu, Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen

“If you embrace all the parts of yourself, you can create your own path”
― Jon M. Chu, Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen

“You can dismiss it as an adlescent enthusiasm, but youthful passions leave a mark.”
― Jon M. Chu, Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen

“For a few hours, I'd gotten to feel all the freedom, the confidence, and the sense of acceptance that my mother had wanted for me. I just had to stop being me to do it.”
― Jon M. Chu, Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen

“No matter how long you've been doing a job or how good people say you are, you need to care as if you've never done it before.”
― Jon M. Chu, Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen

“In short: Did I still believe in myself? The question was stark, but it wasn't simple. It turns out that if you want to change your life and reach a dream that seems to be receding beyond the horizon, then the question isn't something you answer only once. It's with you every morning. It's with you every night. The world is going to ask it and keep asking it. And every time it does, you have to give the same answer. And that answer has to be true- there's no lying.”
― Jon M. Chu, Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen