My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work.
When you work on a text of a lesser quality, as the interpreter or the delivery person, you are obliged to try to fill it out as you see so many people do in lesser work.
In the past, if I didn't work, I didn't eat but now I feel I can not work and I won't starve.
I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.
I consider myself a man of the world; I connect very strongly with Nigeria, but I see that the work exists all over the world, and I will go where the work is.
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery work myself, and it's like therapy.
Human exploration is something that's been going on for thousands of years, and the models that worked 500 years ago are likely to work again today.
I like people who are fit. I figure if I work out, you can at least return the favor. Would I go out with a meathead? No.
I seek speed, clarity, and a practical approach in people I mingle and work with. I can't see myself working in films that stretch beyond maximum four months.
The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor has to work on is his mind.
I mean, the only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.
If there's one operation for a disease, you know it works. If there are 15 operations, you know that none of them work.
We work with every one of them to see if their character wouldn't say a certain thing or if something is worded awkwardly - we work with them to rectify that.
A musician's attempt to summarize his or her work leads to all this prescriptive chatter, or what I call the 'Modifier's Madness.' A lot of adjectives working overtime.
You shouldn't just work on your jump shot. You should work on being a better person, a better teammate, and a better friend.
A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun.
Fun is when you're writing a song and you're trying a rough shot at a demo and... it works. That's when it's fun. After that, it's work.
The system in Germany is different, as you sign up with a company for two or three years, and you work exclusively with them; you can't do any film work on the side.
Everything must work in concert. Composition is important, but so are many other things, from content to the way colours work with or against each other.
I work very fast and steadily, and I don't hardly ever notice that I'm working. It feels like just breathing or walking when I do films.
