- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Work Quotes
Quotes on the meaning of work.
Several quotes here describe work as a solitary process, one that takes real effort to protect from distraction, while others connect a person's politics directly to the character of their work. Related reading includes Growth Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a daydream sort of way, I think it would be pretty cool to direct a movie. But I have been on movie and TV sets and know it is hard work. I like directing it in my mind. It is easier.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the abyss looks into you. Probably no other line or thought more inspires or informs my work.
- Ethic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many writers learned their craft and work ethic at a newspaper. I benefited from that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to study the question or the problem or the opportunity in hand, work with the team to come with the right answer, make a decision, and act upon it. Some people have said that, actually, today they pretty much like their bankers dull.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2004, I was on the West End stage in The Woman In White, and for every show I had to climb into a fat suit to play the obese Count Fosco. It was hard work, and unbearably hot, but I sailed through because I'd always kept myself fit.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
Games are another place to find work, not only the voice stuff but in the motion capture stuff. It's exciting work.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just had a really good time when I did my voice work for 'Call of Duty.' I've had nothing but great interaction with Activision.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
On a summer night it can be lovely to sit around outside with friends after dinner and, yes, read poetry to each other. Keats and Yeats will never let you down, but it's differently exciting to read the work of poets who are still walking around out there.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I certainly know there are people in positions of power in the business who lack imagination and, perhaps as a result of that, think of me as 'David'. But I wouldn't really want to work with those people, you know?
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020