“I've been busy and not busy, and busy is better. I've been busy, but I went through a lot of periods where it was lean for a lot of times.” PeriodsBusy Author:Ron Perlman
“I have another Russian idea, too, with a place and a period, so I guess I have enough to keep me busy for quite some time, especially considering that I'm such a slow writer.” IdeasEnoughPeriodsBusyConsideringBusy Life Author:Martin Cruz Smith
“My falling in love with spoken word poetry definitely came out of that time period where all the adults around me were failing to supply me with any answers. Everyone was too busy dealing with things that were more important. I was pretty lost and invisible. And all of a sudden, this world opened up where I could get on stage and perform in front of my peers. People would listen to me and see me, and people would say, "That thing you created was important." And that was so validating and necessary at that specific moment.” PeopleWorldImportantMomentsFallLostAnswersFailingStageFrontsThis WorldPeriodsAdultsFalling In LoveBusyInvisiblePeersToo BusyListen To MeSpoken WordTime Periods Author:Sarah Kay
“I decided it would be better to be a bird. Birds are very busy at one period each year caring for babies, but this lasts only a few weeks with many of them, and then their babies are grown and gone. Best of all, they leave their houses forever and take to camping for the rest of the year. No wonder they are happy.” YearsWould BeLastsHouseWonderGoneForeverWeekBabyPeriodsBirdDecidedBusyCaringCamping Book:Research Is a Passion With Me: The Autobiography of a Bird Lover Source: Research Is a Passion With Me: The Autobiography of a Bird Lover
“The most 'popular,' the most 'successful' writers among us (for a brief period, at least) are, 99 times out of a hundred, persons of mere effrontery-in a word, busy-bodies, toadies, quacks.” PersonsBodySuccessfulPeriodsHundredMereBusyQuacksToady Author:Edgar Allan Poe
“Every actor has periods of their life that are a little less busy than others, and that was just a time when I needed that. And to be back on a sitcom stage, with Julia [ Louis-Dreyfus], was really, really fun.” LittlesActorsFunStageNeededPeriodsBusySitcomJulia Author:Eric McCormack