“It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.” LongOne ThingEasierLong TimeVariety Author:Quintilian
“I'm an impatient guy and tend not to like to stay with one thing for a long time. I'll never be able to write as many scripts as I did for "Felicity" or "Alias" ever again. I'm just too impatient these days. I want to get on to the next project.” WantWritingLongAbleGuyNextOne ThingProjectsLong TimeScriptsThese DaysImpatientFelicityAliases Author:J. J. Abrams
“I've been a fan of movies longer than anything else. One thing I learned a long time ago is that you can't translate a book literally to the screen. It won't work because it's a different medium. And it would be the same in reverse.” LongBookDifferentWould BeOne ThingFansLong TimeScreensMediumsTranslateReverseLong Time Ago Author:Andrew Stanton
“I've been writing for a long time, since the late '60s. But it hasn't been in the same form. I used to write scripts for television. I wrote for my comedy act. Then I wrote screenplays, and then I started writing New Yorker essays, and then I started writing plays. I didn't start writing prose, really, until the New Yorker essays, but they were comic. I didn't start writing prose, really, until the '90s. In my head, there was a link between everything. One thing led to another.” WritingLongPlayFormUsedComedyOne ThingTelevisionLateLong TimeScriptsComicProseLinksEssaysScreenplaysNew Yorkers Author:Steve Martin
“People change, but there really are limits. One thing you discover in psychoanalytic treatment is the limits of what you can change about yourself or your life. We are children for a very long time.” PeopleChildrenLongOne ThingLimitsLong TimeTreatmentAbout YourselfPsychoanalytic Book:In Writing Source: In Writing
“One thing Mom taught me, "You're going to be dead a long time, so do it now!"” LongOne ThingTaughtMomLong Time Author:Rita Mae Brown