Own Work Quotes

166 Own Work quotes by 155 unique authors

The truth is that I don't like rehearsals. I get embarrassed hearing my own work. I assume that the cast is embarrassed to sing the… — Stephen Sondheim
You can't live in the past, and I don't. I'm not nostalgic about my own work at all. — Elvis Costello
The evil-doer mourns in the next; he mourns in both. He mourns and suffers when he sees the evil of his own work. — Max Muller
When money enters in - then, for a price, I become a liar - and a good one I can be whether with pencil or… — Edward Weston
If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own… — Theodore Roosevelt
The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of contemporary violence. To allow oneself to be carried away… — Thomas Merton
The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern. — Daniel Alarcon
Let us not torment each other because we are not all alike, but believe that God knew best what He was doing in making us… — James Freeman Clarke
It's rough to feel creatively satisfied, as an actor, for the most part, because you don't initiate your own work. — Daryl Hannah
One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide. — Charles Horton Cooley
As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work. — Francis Ford Coppola
I'm trying to get low. People's personalities can get in the way of their own work. — Mos Def
Personally I always feel like I could use a little more of poetry apothegmatic power in my own work but we're always lacking something. — Junot Diaz
I guess when I look over my shoulder at other designers, I feel like people are so definitive. It's so clear to me what their… — Marc Jacobs
In my own work, I'd say I'm a classicist, but I look everywhere for my solutions. I don't study the toilet-living habits of my clients,… — Philip Johnson
In my own work, I tend to cover a lot of time and to jump back and forward in time, and sometimes the way I… — Alice Munro
Yeah, it's odd when you look back at your own work. Some filmmakers don't look back at their work at all. I look at my… — Christopher Nolan
Well, I think in my own work the subject matter usually deals with characters I know, aspects of myself, friends of mine - that sort… — Martin Scorsese
It's really important to me to keep growing as a writer, to look for new challenges and be harshly critical of my own work in… — J. Michael Straczynski
It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years. — Vera Wang

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