“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
“Dates used to be made days or even weeks in advance. Now dates tend to be made the day after. That is, you get a phone call from someone who says, "If anyone asks, I was out to dinner with you last night, okay?"” IfsMadeLastsUsedNightAsksWeekOkayDatingPhonesDinnerUsed To BeLast NightPhone Calls Book:Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People Source: Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People
“I think alcohol is a good drug for me when I'm writing. I don't think I've ever had a problem with it. I can stop for a few weeks, so I think it's okay. I don't think it's good for my liver, but I do love it. It's a huge part of my life, and it makes me happy.” ThinkingWritingI CanProblemWeekHugeDrugOkayAlcoholMake Me HappyLiver Author:Ben Folds
“When I do plays in New York and do eight shows a week, you have the same feeling. Three of them are terrible, four of them are okay and one is really good. It's hard to say what accounts for the really good one or for the terrible ones, but you end up trying to remanufacture whatever worked for the good one, like eating a tomato. I ate a tomato and the show was good, but that of course is not how it works.” TryingEndsHardPlayShowsFeelingsThreeCoursesFourWeekNew YorkTerribleEatingOkayAccountsEightTomatoes Author:Richard Ayoade
“One of the problems with episodic television of any color is that everything has got to be okay at the end of the episode so it can start again next week. So the events that occur are rarely life-changing. But with film, you can say that this thing only happened once; this is a major thing that happened to these people.” PeopleEndsProblemFilmNextHappenedWeekEventsTelevisionColorMajorsOkayLife ChangingEpisodesNext Week Author:Peter Capaldi
“Hopping around time in a non-linear storytelling fashion (on 'Lost') allows you to bring back characters who are dead and, in some cases, buried. Now that time travel is the story itself, it opens up even more doors. So when an actor reads that they're getting killed off on the show, they're basically, like, 'Okay, but should I still bother to show up next week?'” ShouldStillsCharacterStoriesShowsNextActorsLostCasesDoorsWeekFashionOkayStorytellingBotherBuriedTime TravelShould ILinearNext WeekHopping Author:Damon Lindelof
“I learned when I was a student in Connecticut. I had an Italian-American teacher who gave me classes for a week, and then said, "Okay, you're ready." And I wasn't ready. I didn't know how to drive!. But he knew the policeman who gave the test. And that's how I got through.” KnowsSaidClassKnow HowTeacherWeekStudentsReadyTestsOkayItalianPolicemenConnecticutItalian American Author:Sandra Cisneros
“I have a pretty close family and there are certain similarities - maybe a lot of families have this - where geographically, we're separated, so there are times when one family member will be needing a lot at one particular moment, so everyone rallies around that particular family member. Then there are other moments where, if [the family is] okay, I might not talk to my brother for two or three weeks, but then if I get him on the phone at five in the afternoon, it feels like we spoke that morning.” IfsFeelsTwoMomentsMightCertainThreeMorningFiveWeekParticularBrotherMembersOkayPhonesMy BrotherSpokesAfternoonSimilarityFamily MembersClose Family Author:Justin Hartley
“Mads [Mikkelsen] and I have a really epic brawl - a week shoot, lots of rehearsal - and he was just delightful. He's a dancer and a gymnast so he knows how to plant the moves. He was always saying, "Are you okay?" When you've got that level of mutual consideration you form a family very quickly.” KnowsMovingFormLevelsKnow HowWeekOkayPlantDancerConsiderationMutualEpicDelightfulRehearsalGymnast Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“We talked a lot with the musician. And for now there are few options, and I give him few weeks to come and surprise me with something. I don't want to start and say, okay here is what I want. Because maybe he has an idea that is better than mine.” WantGivingIdeasWeekMinesMusicianOkaySurpriseSurprise Me Author:Luc Besson
“All the shows we did pre-airdate, and I'd come out - "Rob Lowe!" - and it was [Offers bored applause.] After the show aired? I came out - "Rob Lowe!" - and the place was, like, bedlam. And then the next week, they wouldn't let anyone under the age of 20 into the audience. And I'm going, "So that's how it works! Okay!"” ShowsAgeNextAudienceWeekOffersOkayBoredApplauseNext WeekLowesAge Of 20 Author:Rob Lowe
“Two of the last four executive editors at the New York Times were Johannesburg bureau chiefs at some point, Bill Keller and Joe Lelyveld. This is a very prestigious post and I was like I don't know 28 years old, which at the Times is very young, I had the temerity to put my hand up for that job. I don't think I slept a single night of those six weeks that I spent in Johannesburg. It was an unbelievable experience, and I think I did okay.” ThinkingNightWeekOkayUnbelievable Author:Lydia Polgreen
“I took Alexey Brodovitch course at the New School. He taught me something that I've always remembered: After we did the initial assignment, he contradicted what he had said the first week, and I said, "Okay." The next week, he contradicted what he had said the second week. We went through 10 weeks of contradicting, and I thought maybe he was drunk. At the end, he said, "You may think I've contradicted myself, but there's no one way to do anything."” ThinkingSchoolWeekOkayDrunkContradicting Author:Jerry Schatzberg
“I don’t know. D’you think? He’s pretty wide in the chest.” The girl looked at me, and I was frozen. So I said, “Yeah. I work out.” Violet asked me, “What are you? What’s your cup size?” I shrugged and played along. “Like, nine and a half?” I guessed. “That’s my shoe size.” Violet said, “I think he’d like something slinky, kind of silky.” I said, “As long as you can stop me from rubbing myself up against a wall the whole time.” “Okay,” said Violet, holding her hands up like she was annoyed. “Okay, the chemise last week was a mistake.” ThinkingKnowsKindLongSaidWholeHandsLastsGirlMistakeHalfWeekWallOkayYeahShoesSizeWork OutWideNineCupsChestsFrozenVioletAnnoyedLike SomethingHands UpSlinkies Author:Matthew Tobin Anderson
“What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat,’.... And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I’m writing, I write. And then it’s as if the muse is convinced that I’m serious and says, ‘Okay. Okay. I’ll come.” IfsWritingTryingMayTwoMightStuffWeekSeriousCatOkayBoringConvincedAwfulBoredSatMuseRatsTwo WeeksWriter's BlockPhenomenal Woman Author:Maya Angelou
“There's a kind of radar that you get, after years of being talked about and made fun of by other people. You can almost smell it when it's about to happen, can recognize instantly the sound of a hushed voice, lowered just enough to make whatever is said okay. I had only been in Colby for a few weeks. But I had not forgotten.” PeopleYearsKindMadeSaidEnoughHappensFunSoundVoiceWeekOkayForgottenSmellRadar Book:Keeping the Moon Source: Keeping the Moon
“Graves: Are you skipping? Off to a good start. Dru Anderson: I don’t want to deal with it today. Graves: Okay. I know a place to go. You shoot pool? I’m Graves. Dru Anderson: I know. Dru. Graves: Dru. You’re new. Couple of weeks, right? Welcome to Foley.” KnowsWantTodayDealsWeekCoupleOkayGravesWelcomePoolPlaces To Go Author:Lilith Saintcrow
“I let out a laugh that sounded more like the yip of a startled poodle. "Superp-powers? I wish. My powers aren't winning me a slot on the Cartoon Network anytime soon... except as a comic relief. Ghost Whisperer Junior. Or Ghost Screamer, more like it. Tune in, every week, as Chloe Saunders runs screaming from yet another ghost looking for her help." Okay, superpower might be pushing it.” HelpingMightRunningWinningWishLaughingWeekOkayGhostComicReliefTunesPushingCartoonJuniorsSuperpowerChloePoodlesPushing ItComic ReliefCartoon NetworkGhost Whisperer Author:Kelley Armstrong
“I swallow any sort of apology. "screwing your neighbor." There. Said it. React, okay? pregnant pause becomes three weeks overdue. Four weeks. Time for a C-section. What? Oh, Kaeleigh, I'm so sorry. Are you sure...?” SaidThreeFourWeekOkaySorryNeighborApologyPregnantPausesSectionsOverdueI'm So Sorry Author:Ellen Hopkins
“Is he your warden now too? You know I saw this story on the news last week about controlling, abusive teenage relationships and- "Okay!" I cut him off, and then shoved his arm. "Time for the werewolf to get out!” KnowsStoriesLastsSawsCuttingWeekArmsNewsOkayTeenageWerewolfAbusiveWardens Book:Eclipse Source: Eclipse
“I thought I was getting better at this. I thought I was starting to make peace with being in love with a girl who despises me, but I don't think I'm so okay with it after all. Somewhere along the line I made a dark bargain with the universe without ever really being aware of it--a bargain that if I was allowed to see her, even if we never spoke, then I could live with that. And now a week without her has swallowed up all of my rational thinking. I feel like a junkie, sick for my next fix and not sure when it will come.” IfsThinkingFeelsMadeGirlUniverseNextLinesDarkWeekOkaySickStartingRationalGet BetterNot SureSpokesDespiseBeing In LoveBargainsMaking PeaceRational ThinkingJunkie Book:Black Heart Source: Black Heart