Self-disciplin e is necessary, but so is playfulness, flexibility, joy. When you stop demanding perfection of yourself, your writing desk will become… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
I haven't pursued it as a senator because I know it's like spitting in the wind. But I still believe it's the… — Wendy Davis Copy Share Image
...after a few days at the desk, telling the truth in an interesting way turns out to be as easy and pleasurable… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
unless I can shake myself free of my dog, my flag, of my desk, my mind, I find life a bit of… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Don't clean your desk. You might find something in the morning that you can't see tonight. — Bruce Mau Copy Share Image
David Corbett's The Art of Character offers a deep inquiry into the creation of character for the novice writer, with valuable nuggets… — Jacqueline Winspear Copy Share Image
I never regard my characters, my protagonists, as personifications. It's not that I sit by my desk and I pick up a… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
When you send off a short story, it sits on the editor's desk in the same pile with stories by the most… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
I keep my stand-up comedy notes in a pile on my desk. I don't organize my act. I keep myself in a… — Joy Behar Copy Share Image
Wait a minute, words in the prompter, script on my desk, vending machine upstairs out of Funyuns... the writers are back! — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Why does everyone think that I am a cruel and insensitive man? I mean, come on, I have kids... on my desk… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
One thing about being a performer is you're not just doing an intellectual job behind a desk; you're out there performing and… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
Never before have I written so long a letter. I'm afraid it is much too long to take your precious time. I… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It… — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
I began running on an everyday basis after I became a writer. As being a writer requires sitting at a desk for… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
An old Russian woman goes into Kremlin, gets an audience with Mikhail Gorbachev and says, In America anyone can go to the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Talking things over has its place in an organization [but] so-called conferences are being grossly overdone. One executive stops at the desk… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Here is a simple recipe to begin with. Get up every morning with the set intention of writing and go to your… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
Starbucks was founded around the experience and the environment of their stores. Starbucks was about a space with comfortable chairs, lots of… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
There was a day where I was sitting at my desk, working 90-hour work weeks, in a suit, looking at a computer,… — Laz Alonso Copy Share Image
A typical workday for me is getting up at about 5:00, 5:15 in the morning, getting some coffee or tea as quickly… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
Desks are terrible places, no matter how many wheels a chair might have. You can't do much about how drawers fill up. — Gary Lutz Copy Share Image
A writing cook and a cooking writer must be bold at the desk as well as the stove. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What release to write so that one forgets oneself, forgets one's companion, forgets where one is or what one is going to… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I've stayed in so many hotel rooms that I'm shocked if, when I stay in a hotel room, the hotel phone isn't… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
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