Time Quotes

Be ruthless about protecting writing days....althoug h writing has been my actual job for several years now, I still seem to have to fight for time in which to do it.

Joanne Rowling
- Writing
- Job
- Fighting
I've always developed all my own pieces, and they're time-consumers.

Kathryn Bigelow
- Time

When it came time to find employment, I set my sights on becoming an engineer at a home electronics manufacturer, a field that was closely related to my major at university.

Koichi Tanaka
- Time
- Home
I was obsessed with theatre and loving the work of Caryl Churchill, Edward Bond, Howard Brenton, and Howard Barker, people doing real formal experimentation. But 'Road' was the first time I'd read a play written in a very true Northern dialect that seemed to have that excitement running through it.

John Tiffany
- People
- Work
- Real
For Kips Bay, I had a wonderful client, William Zeckendorf, who was willing to gamble with me on using concrete and not brick for a high-rise apartment building. That was very innovative at the time.

I. M. Pei
- High
- Wonderful
- Clients
My dad lived on Sunset Boulevard for a couple of years as a waiter, and he said he'd do a different character every time somebody sat down, just to get some practice.

Lily James
- Different
- Character
- Dad
The more you do stuff, the better you get at dealing with how you still fail at it a lot of the time.

John Mulaney
- Time
For example, computer defends well, but for humans its is harder to defend than attack, particularly with the modern time control.

Boris Spassky
- Time
- Control