“During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.” Has BeensMadeBookHappensLastsNightThreeMy OwnCitiesWeekHotel Author:Laini Taylor
“There is something magical about that green coat. I mean that sincerely. It's a very special week, and being able to wear that green jacket. It's made my whole career. It's special.” MeanMadeWholeAbleCareersWeekSpecialGreenCoatsSincerelyJackets Author:Fuzzy Zoeller
“I was always made to work at a very early age. I finished school at 4 P.M. and by 5 P.M. I was working. It was seven days a week.” MadeAgeSchoolWeekSevenFinishedWorking ItSeven DaysFinished School Author:Albert Gubay
“When I was about 13 or 14, I had an English teacher who made a deal with me that I could get out of doing all of the year's regular work if I would write a short story a week and on Friday read it to the class.” IfsWritingYearsMadeStoriesDealsClassTeacherWeekShort StoryFridayEnglish Teacher Author:Victor Salva
“My granddaddy died when I was about 6 years old, I think. And my grandmother took a job cooking in the school lunchroom. So she did great. She made $18 a week.” ThinkingYearsMadeSchoolJobsWeekDiedCookingGrandmotherMy GrandmotherSchool LunchGranddaddy Author:Willie Nelson
“I was 26 when I invented the wrap dress. It was just a nothing little printed dress made out an jersey, and before I know it, I lived an American Dream making more than 25,000 dresses a week.” KnowsLittlesMadeDreamWeekDressesAmerican DreamWrapsJerseyPrinted Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“Of course nothing is ever done about a [presidential] commission report, except, they say, once a man at the state prison for the criminally insane actually read one once clear through. Then he did something about it. He made a bonfire that lasted a week.” MenMadeStatesDoneGovernmentCoursesClearWeekPrisonInsanePresidentialReportsBonfire Author:Will Rogers
“We have the Bible in our hands; but how little we know of its teaching! And how little are we governed by it! We go on, from week to week, year to year, with things which have no foundation whatever in its pages- yea, with things utterly opposed to its teaching; and, all the while, we boast of having the Scriptures, just like the Jews of old, who made their boast of having the oracles of God, while those very oracles condemned themselves and their ways, and left them without a single plea.” KnowsWayYearsLittlesMadeHandsChristianLeftWeekTeachingGoes OnPagesFoundationJewScriptureBoastOracles Author:Charles Henry Mackintosh
“If I'm over a song two weeks after I made it, I'm not going to put it out. It has to last months.” IfsMadeTwoLastsSongWeekMonthsMade ItTwo Weeks Author:Danny Brown
“I remember before I did my HBO special, Chris [Rock] screamed at me - in a loving way, but still. He was like, "You need to do 200 shows in a row and a month straight on the road before you even think about recording a special!" And I had literally booked two weeks on the road and then went right into the recording. It put me in a panic, but it also made me work harder and made me realize that everyone works differently, and that's okay.” ThinkingWayNeedsMadeStillsTwoShowsRememberRealizingWeekSpecialRocksHard WorkLike YouMonthsOkayHarderPanicTwo WeeksWork HarderHbo Author:Judd Apatow
“I made the mistake of watching "A.I." on cable the week they showed it about 792 times, and I ended up watching it every time it was on.” MadeMistakeWeekCables Author:Joe Bob Briggs