Work Quotes

I’ve thought for a long time that my body type would have worked well in the ’70s. The idea that you could be a broad-shouldered, small-breasted woman and still wear really great outfits.

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

Whatever you build, build with care. Anyone who has built something big, has done it with care.

Satisfied if they themselves can escape from the hard labour of thought, they willingly abandon to others the guardianship of their thoughts.

You can’t be that good; you work for me.

Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.

Work is always an antidote to depression.

I came from the Bronx and a certain background. I worked really hard. I kept my focus on the right things.

All of a sudden to get all of this attention, and to be away from home and working all the time was hard. I was on planes all the time. I didn’t see my friends. I cried a lot. It was quite terrifying.

The way to defeat fear: decide on a course of conduct and follow it. Keep so busy and work so hard that you forget about being afraid.