I think that whether we acknowledge it or not, our opinions as authors always influence our work. How can they not? – William Kent Krueger
At the beginning of all experimental work stands the choice of the appropriate technique of investigation. – Walter Rudolf Hess
I’ve done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I’ve done have either been stunt or costume work. – Verne Troyer
There are actors who spend 20 years working and still don’t achieve what I’ve achieved so quickly. So I think my only course of action is to work as hard as I can, not just for the sake of the film, but also to prove to these people that I do have talent. – Zhang Ziyi
While the recent addition of the National Guard providing a support role manning computers and cameras has allowed more Border Patrol agents to work the field, more agents are still needed. – Timothy Murphy
I am excited to run in the community where my wife and I work, where my daughters graduated and my son attends high school, where my family goes to synagogue, and where I have spent so much time working for and with the people of South Florida. – Ted Deutch
Most of my work is, I get an idea, and, with the help of Wikipedia, I can write. I don’t have to leave my apartment. – Simon Rich
My body is for my tennis – it’s for my sport. I’m not a model at all. I don’t work out to go to the beach: I work out to play well and to do well on the court. – Stanislas Wawrinka
I became interested in making books, starting about 1965, when I did the Serial Project #1, deciding that I needed a small book to show how the work could be understood and how the system worked. – Sol LeWitt
People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I’ll tell you what I’ve learned that’s kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I’ve met everybody in the business. I’m fortunate people want to work with me. – Tate Taylor
Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money. – Stephen Ambrose
Once, no self-respecting puncher considered himself dressed for work until he had his feet inside of a pair of $15 boots made by one of the favorite boot-makers, whose merits they discussed about the camp fires night after night. – Will C. Barnes
I can be collaborative, for instance, in situations where I go and study the artist’s work before I start writing. Then I can at least try to write towards their style. – Warren Ellis
One of my earliest memories is my father telling me to behave because I’m about to meet and work with the greatest actor of all time. Then this old guy comes out and I was like, ‘Pfff, he doesn’t look anything like Luke Skywalker, I don’t know what my dad is trying to tell me here.’ – Sean Maguire
It’s always so difficult when you’ve left your kids to go to work every day – you want people to like it. I just agonise over it, but I’m obsessive because I love what I do. – Victoria Beckham
I’ve never had a grand plan. I’ve only just tried to keep open to many different possibilities, have fun and work with people who are passionate about what they do. – Steve Buscemi
What is absolutely clear is that we have, with the U.S., an extradition treaty which is important, I believe it is an important treaty, for both sides, the United States and the United Kingdom. It is a treaty that I believe is balanced and we work on that basis. – Theresa May
There was a time when bright people had few prospects for higher education and good jobs here. But that is changing. India is no longer seen as an undesirable place to work or pursue research. – Shashi Tharoor
I work on my novels wherever I have a PC, and I have four or five places around the world where I do have a PC. These days you can just slip a little flash drive into your top pocket, fly for 12 hours, come to another place, plug it into a computer and you are away again. – Wilbur Smith
People without children do have the freedom to do things that caring parents with dependent kids can’t – to work long hours, to travel frequently, to relocate, and to do all these things on short notice if necessary. In return, they can achieve positions that devoted parents can’t. – Virginia Postrel
I would rather work in the theater than anywhere else, and it does seem to be a place where stories can and should be told purely. – Theresa Rebeck
Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven. – Walter Benjamin
I want to know that I gave my 100 percent, and even if it doesn’t work, you know that you gave everything, and you don’t have to look at it and say… I could have gave more – that would break my heart. – Venus Williams
Without a sense of place the work is often reduced to a cry of voices in empty rooms, a literature of the self, at its best poetic music; at its worst a thin gruel of the ego. – William Kennedy
