Letting go of things and not being afraid of being ridiculous or over the top – I think that’s the main thing for me to work on.
Category: work
The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.
I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I’ve talked to coal miners, and that’s really hard work.
No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don’t knock your friends. Don’t knock your enemies. Don’t knock yourself.
Work while you work, play while you play – this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
I’m very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It’s the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.
Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards.
The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.
The productivity now at universities is terrible. Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don’t have to work hard.
You can’t get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you’re doing. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself.