Developing Quote by Ari Shaffir

Usually, about two years of work go into each illusion, whether it's big or small. Two years of work on each five-minute piece.

— David Copperfield

It usually takes me two to three days to practice and videotape a new piece but sometimes up to a week for more difficult…

— Sungha Jung

I do like two hours of new material every year.

— Ralphie May

So whenever I had some in-between producing time down in my studio I popped a tape in and started working on it. Working a…

— Billy Sherwood

Three hours of focused time on the projects that will really add value and uplift your career are so much better than 10 hours…

— Robin S. Sharma

If I'm really immersed in a story, I try to finish it in a few days. If it's a longer work, then it would…

— Ruskin Bond

To work effectively you need uninterrupted blocks of time in which you can complete meaningful work... I've found that a minimum of 90 minutes…

— Steve Pavlina

When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks.

— Dean Koontz

You're going to spend a long time with the stuff you work on; you might as well like it.

— Peter Billingsley

I have succeeded in getting my actual work down to thirty minutes a day. That leaves me eighteen hours for engineering.

— Charles Proteus Steinmetz

I take any project on a month or two at a time. Meaning, I don't think too far ahead.

— Fred Armisen

I think of all my time as existing in 15-minute blocks. Most people think in terms of 30-minute chunks, but I've found that when…

— Alexa Von Tobel