We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
As a writer, I'm mostly at my desk, staring out my window. No one sees me. — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
In fact, I spent 25 years as a reporter, swearing I would never become an editor. Sitting at a desk, watching other… — Bill Keller Copy Share Image
Writers collect stories of rituals: John Cheever putting on a jacket and tie to go down to the basement, where he kept… — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
To be honest, I didn't even know what the Drama Desk Awards were until I was nominated. — Spencer Kayden Copy Share Image
When I was in fifth grade, a boy put a rose on my desk and I threw it away. The attention makes… — Claire Coffee Copy Share Image
For many years I wanted to do a film, but I never had the courage to clear my desk and say, 'OK… — Anton Corbijn Copy Share Image
When I go to a library and I see the librarian at her desk reading, I'm afraid to interrupt her, even though… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
I'm a neat freak... It seems to me that an orderly desk is reflective of an orderly and organized mind, you know? — Jann Wenner Copy Share Image
One of the best Christmas presents I ever got was the globe that I now keep right beside my desk. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I know there are, like, 12 rules for late night: a desk, a band. Will people take me seriously if I don't… — Jimmy Kimmel Copy Share Image
I usually choose movies that I would want to see. I appreciate drama and if the right script came across my desk,… — Danny McBride Copy Share Image
“I have always been a anti-establishment artist. I once believed, and still do to some extent, that one could get a better… — Casey Carter Copy Share Image
You gotta know that you're better than anybody, 'cause to me, if you don't go in like that, you're gonna lose! They're… — Stuart Scott Copy Share Image
I've never sent an email in my life. My kids laugh. I often hand the phone to them and say, 'Can you… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
I got so I simply gagged everytime I sat before my desk to write an ad. — Hart Crane Copy Share Image
When you write non-fiction, you sit down at your desk with a pile of notebooks, newspaper clippings, and books and you research… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
You can't reinvent the wheel. I remember when we first started out at 'Late Night,' we were trying to hire directors, and… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
Writing can be a very solitary profession, and when deadlines are looming, it's tempting to glue myself to my desk, but I… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
I'm at my desk for about 9:30 A.M., and I stay there all day. Then there's a lot of checking Facebook and… — Aminatta Forna Copy Share Image
I always laugh at these companies that have these rules saying, 'You're only allowed to have this or that on your desk.'… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I, for one, find writing excruciating. Some mornings, as I'm on my way to my desk, my hands actually tremble with fear.… — Rosemary Mahoney Copy Share Image
I thought if I really wanted to be serious about writing, I should make my own desk. — Brad Barkley Copy Share Image
There is a great deal of busywork to a writer's life, as to a professor's life, a great deal of work that… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Most people go to the office and sit at a desk. When firefighters go to the office, we might birth a baby… — Caroline Paul Copy Share Image
