“When I write a book I'm always questioning the project as a whole. I always feel I might have to just throw it away and forget about it, and I've done that with novels I've started and worked on for a long time. It's an option I need in order to write freely.” NeedsFeelsWritingLongBookDoneWholeMightOrderForgetNovelProjectsLong TimeQuestioning Author:Daniel Kehlmann
“The process of producing a project is one long string of delight and anxiety, but I think the real thrill of animation would have to be drawing the pictures.” ThinkingLongRealProcessAnxietyProjectsDelightDrawingStringsThrillAnimation Author:Mamoru Hosoda
“I don't think she ever had a single initiative at the United Nations that was not previously [vetted] by the people at the State Department, approved of, and authorized. She did manage to get around the world an awful lot, and find other parts of her vast slum project that needed repair. But I don't think that that was the main point. The main point was that she, after all, connoted Franklin Roosevelt, who by then was long dead, and had a certain prestige and power on that account.” PeopleThinkingWorldLongStatesCertainNationsUnitedNeededProjectsAccountsManageAwfulAround The WorldDepartmentInitiativeUnited NationsFranklinApprovedPrestigeSlums Author:William A. Rusher
“They're not gong to give Hateful Eight its credit now, they'll give it its credit later. Hateful Eight was too long. I think we've indulged Quentin [Tarantino] so much with his monologues. Quentin has this very strong cult following around him and his projects, and people are always expecting so much from him.” PeopleThinkingGivingLongStrongProjectsFollowingEightCreditVery StrongExpectingCultHatefulMonologuesQuentinTarantinoGongs Author:Bun B
“I'd already started directing short films when we were doing 'Lord of the Rings,' then videogame projects. So Peter's known that I've been heading towards directing for a long time. But I always thought my first outing would be a couple of people and a digital camera in the back streets of London somewhere!” PeopleFirstsLongWould BeFilmKnownLordStreetsCoupleProjectsLong TimeCamerasLondonRingsDigitalPeterHeadingsShort FilmsVideogameDigital Cameras Author:Andy Serkis
“If you were a person in Rockhampton who is wondering where your next job was coming from, and you had the prospect of one of Australia's largest ever coal projects with a very, very long life span being developed and reviving the regional economy. And you saw the Greens in particular doing their little best to stop it happening.” IfsLittlesPersonsLongJobsNextWonderEconomySawsParticularProjectsHappeningsAustraliaCoalLong LifeLife Span Author:George Brandis
“It hasn't taken them long, they began by telling us they would have a positive and patriotic case and they're back to project fear within minutes. There they go again they have nothing positive to say.” LongCasesTakenMinutesProjectsPatriotic Author:Boris Johnson
“One of my big milestones came when I turned forty and promised myself to stop worrying about all the things I thought I might do but never really would. I was very relieved when I realized that you can actually complete a project by dropping it. That's how I "completed" learning to cook and learning German, becoming a good skier, and a list of other things too long to recite!” LongBigsMightWorryBecomingProjectsListsI RealizedCooksFortyDroppingRelievedStop WorryingMilestoneSkiers Author:Arianna Huffington
“I'm a project guy, but when my list of things to do gets too long or involved, it can stress me out to the point of catatonia. So I focus on the small stuff first and keep the larger picture as motivation - but not so close that it overwhelms.” FirstsLongMotivationGuyStuffFocusInvolvedProjectsStressListsThings To DoSmall Stuff Author:Michael Lomenda
“I was very combative as a creative person at that time [while The Ben Stiller Show]. I didn't understand how to play politics with the studios. I didn't know how to creatively collaborate with the people who were paying the bills, and that came up all the time on every project I was doing, and it took me a really long time to figure out how to collaborate in a healthy way.” PeopleKnowsWayPersonsLongPlayShowsKnow HowCreativeFiguresHealthyProjectsLong TimeBillsStudiosCreative PersonReally Long Author:Judd Apatow
“It had been awhile since anyone had made a movie like that [ Sausage Party], and it took them a long time to get anyone to agree to do it, because they were unwavering on the tone of the movie being so ridiculously filthy. Seth [Rogen] and Evan [Goldberg], for as successful as they are, this was their passion project that they couldn't get off the ground.” LongMadePassionPartySuccessfulProjectsLong TimeAgreeToneFilthySausageUnwavering Author:David Krumholtz
“If owning stocks is a long-term project for you, following their changes constantly is a very, very bad idea. It's the worst possible thing you can do, because people are so sensitive to short-term losses. If you count your money every day, you'll be miserable.” PeopleIfsLongIdeasTermCan DoLossWorstProjectsFollowingMiserableSensitiveLong TermShort TermBad Ideas Author:Daniel Kahneman
“There was a long period of time when Sam Fuller had a lot of projects fall through and had a lot of difficulties getting a project off the ground. And I was able to observe him during that period, and see his incredible resiliency and courage as he faced this difficulty and just kept working.” LongAbleFallPeriodsProjectsDifficultyIncrediblesLong Periods Of TimeResiliency Author:Curtis Hanson
“History teaches us that many breakthroughs were happy accidents. Whether that's penicillin coming from Fleming neglecting to clean his laboratory before going on vacation or the team at Odeon trying a little side project that allowed people to communicate in real time as long as their message was 140 characters or less (which ultimately of course became Twitter), the unintended is often the transformational.” PeopleTryingLittlesLongRealCharacterCoursesSidesTeachTeamProjectsMessagesCleanCommunicateAccidentsNeglectVacationBreakthroughLaboratory140 CharacterHappy AccidentsPenicillinGoing On Vacation Author:Scott D. Anthony
“I had also wanted to work with Aaron McGruder for a long time and there were a few other people on the project that I really wanted to work with,so it seems like a miracle of a project ['Black Jesus'] was handed to me.” PeopleLongSeemsWantedJesusBlackProjectsLong TimeMiracle Author:Kali Hawk
“When I moved to Los Angeles, my goal was to gain respect - whether it's in big or small projects - and as long as the work is good I'm happy.” LongBigsGoalProjectsGainsMovedLos Angeles Author:Garrett Clayton
“I had a short story collection come out in 2006, and then I couldn't work on large projects for a long time because I was finishing my doctoral degree.” LongStoriesDegreesProjectsLong TimeCollectionsShort StoryFinishing Author:Theodora Goss
“It's not easy putting creative projects together. In my case, it might take a long time and you try to do the best.” TryingLongMightTogetherEasyCasesCreativeProjectsLong TimeDo The Best Author:Kate Bush
“Everybody is excited about their projects and I'm excited too. It's not like working. It's like playing with your friends. When I was a kid, I'd say to my mother, "Can I go out and play with the kids now?" Now I'm out playing with the kids all day long.” LongPlayKidsMotherProjectsExcitedWorking It Author:Stan Lee
“As long as somebody is guaranteed a certain number of sales you know you're gonna keep seeing these vanity projects. I mean they have a place, they serve a function they can bring people into comics.” PeopleKnowsMeanLongCertainNumbersSeeingProjectsFunctionVanity Author:Gerard Way
“Basically, I thought for a very long time that making music and art projects, that that was just something that I did, and real life was separate. And I'm starting to realize that the things that I do, making music and art and photography and all that, it's not just something that I do. It's who I am. So I don't think I'll ever be able to stop. It's like that curse that you live with, this thing that you love but you also hate it at the same time. It brings you a lot of joy but also a lot of heartbreak.” ThinkingLongArtRealAbleJoyHateRealizingProjectsPhotographyLong TimeStartingReal LifeWho I AmCurseArt Projects Author:Frank Iero
“As John Maynard Keynes taught us in the 1930s, in such situations, government is the only entity with both the motive and the ability to boost total spending by enough to put people back to work. As it happens there are long lists of important public projects that cry out to be done.” PeopleLongImportantDoneEnoughGovernmentHappensAbilitySituationCryTaughtProjectsSpendingListsMotiveEntityTaught UsBoost1930sBack To WorkKeynes Author:Robert H. Frank
“People are terrified of other people or difficult projects because they tell themselves that they could fail or be rejected. Failure can lead to sorrow, regret, frustration and annoyance - all healthy, negative feelings without which people couldn't exist. But then they add, "I absolutely must succeed and must be loved by significant persons, and if I don't, it's terrible and I'm no good." Those are irrational beliefs. As long as people keep them, they'll be terrified of life and will put themselves down when they get rejected.” PeopleIfsPersonsLongFeelingsBeliefDifficultFailingRegretTerribleSorrowHealthySucceedProjectsNegativeAddSignificantFrustrationRejectedIrrationalTerrifiedAnnoyanceNegative FeelingsIrrational Beliefs Author:Albert Ellis
“What drives me is makin hits and keepin tha fans happy n wantin more. I can't stay put for long so I need to be workin and crankin out hits and projects. Touring. Music. TV. Films. Headphones. Football leagues. That's what keeps it movin. U aint gotta get ready when you stay ready.” NeedsLongI CanFilmFansFootballReadyTvsProjectsLeagueTouringHeadphones Author:Snoop Dogg
“I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.” PeopleWantGivingYearsLongTwoHomeRememberWealthPovertyGoneEconomicBuildingProjectsCrisisCome UpRemoveTwo YearsHospitalsWipePhilippinesRemember MeMarcosEconomic Crisis Author:Imelda Marcos