Approach Quote by James Surowiecki

I think it works differently for everyone. Some people do amazing things with research, but for me, it just gets convoluted, and I start…

— Dove Cameron

I don't analyze what I'm doing. I've read convincing interpretations of my work, and sometimes I've noticed something that I wasn't aware of, but…

— Cindy Sherman

When I'm really interested in something, I get superfocused on that. And I can spend hours upon hours not getting tired of reading about…

— Greta Thunburg

I find that nowadays it's just gotten harder for me to read for fun. It feels like all of my reading is research-based.

— Gene Luen Yang

I tend not to analyse my work, though I'm frequently intrigued when other people take time to do so.

— Tanith Lee

Ninety percent of the research comes first. I mostly blunder around reading stuff and talking to smart people until an idea batters or oozes…

— Scott Westerfeld

I try to deal with my serious reading before work.

— Donna Shalala

I get overwhelmed when I approach things intellectually.

— Keegan-Michael Key

I don't look at other people's work because I don't want to be distracted by their ideas.

— Ann Demeulemeester

Sometimes you feel like you have to do research to make something, other times you know you don't feel it so much.

— Willem Dafoe

I'm not, like, always focused; I'm very unfocused. I'm reading, and then I'm looking at my phone, and then I'm on the Internet.

— Julia Holter

When I look back at what I've written and try to explain it, it doesn't help, but it helps to be in a process…

— Karl Ove Knausgard