A man, to read, must read alone. He may make extracts, he may work at books in company; but to read, to absorb, he must be solitary.
The tough thing about writing is you go into a room alone, you close the door and you do your work.
I admire people who can step out on their own and work alone - that takes a lot of guts. But I'd rather have the camaraderie on and off camera of working as a part of a group.
Writers are often alone when they work. Hours pass in silence as one long moment; light fades as day turns back to face the coming night.
To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like.
You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.
I have tried to be a leader. I have tried in my role of being one of the first women at Google, let alone the first woman to have a baby, to really try to set the tone that this is a great place to work for diversity reasons.
I have tried in my role of being one of the first women at Google, let alone the first woman to have a baby, to really try to set the tone that this is a great place to work for diversity reasons.
When we are busy at work and busy at home, an hour's walking every day becomes a real luxury. If done alone, the walk injects a period of meditation into the day, and if done in company, it allows space for some really good conversation.
People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work.
Le Mans is such a great race because you can never do anything alone. You have to work as a team member. And being a team member makes you a better person.
People who work full-time in America should not have to live in poverty - simple as that. Too many jobs don't pay enough to get by, let alone get ahead. Too many people are finding the rungs on the ladder of opportunity further and further apart.
Action alone doesn't work in Germany - you need an emotional element to the story.
'The Creative Habit' is basically about how you work alone, how you survive as a solitary artist. 'The Collaborative Habit' is obviously about surviving with other people.
I always find that the best collaborations are when you work with people that know what they're doing, and you leave them alone to do it.
Professional players work almost every day, for hours on end, and the emphasis is on the word 'work.' It can be with a partner or it can be alone, but professional chess is always a pursuit of something new and surprising.
I can work myself up into a fearful, paralyzing state of mind that can last for days, weeks even months where I feel mad, totally isolated and alone, overwhelmed and completely out of control.
Words and pictures can work together to communicate more powerfully than either alone.
Very much alone in my work, I am almost jealous of it.
I got to work with Jennifer Tilly, she was amazing. Such, such a smart actress.
I feel fortunate. I've really gotten to work with amazing talented people, and to learn from them, which is why I'm doing this. If I can work with the best director I'm going to do it.
