The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity.
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.
Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.
The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.
Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.
Let us tackle the big issues with bold ideas that transform Iowa to accomplish our shared mission to grow Iowa, and realize our shared vision of Iowa as the best place to live, work and raise a family.
They make a humongous profit, but the people that work on the shows don't get paid a lot because they're working on the Oscars show. It's the biggest show in the world.
I mean, when I started out I was billing per hour, like a shrink because you would sit with somebody and work. But most of it, if it's for a live show it's usually a buy-out. A flat fee.
The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.
We will work with industrial or Dept. Of Defence sponsorship as long as we keep our principals of openness firm we're proud to work with the military, and they respect that in turn.
I think almost every woman artist I've ever met has this ideal of being in a partnership working situation with a man, that men don't seem to share. They seem to want this ideal thing, that we'll always be together and work together.
Government's role should be only to keep the playing field level, and to work hand in hand with business on issues such as employment. But beyond this, to as great an extent as possible, it should get the hell out of the way.
You have to pay attention to the work on the page and make it as good as possible because it could be your last.
I just try not to subscribe to the ways of celebrity. I'm not a celebrity, I'm a working actor. A lot of the events - the parties and the premieres that people go to to get noticed - I'm just not into. I'll hang out with my friends, go see punk shows, read at home. At the same time, I have a production company, which is a lot of work.
So struggling for work here has been very good for me, but it's also been very hard to handle rejection.