Quotes About Balance

I have a piano in my office, and sometimes during meetings, I'll sit down and goof on the keyboard a little bit.

My mom always worked, and I certainly don't want to look back and think, 'Well, I don't have kids, but I'm glad I did that sitcom.'

Sitcom writing is difficult because it's not just about writing jokes - there's a very fine balance between characters, plot, and comedy, that if you get one thing wrong, the whole castle comes falling down.

In 2015, I was at a high point in my career: Superstore,' the sitcom I star in as Dina, premiered on NBC and was getting rave reviews. But at the same time, my health hit rock bottom.

We have a great time on that show, and we enjoy one another's company on stage and off. And sitcoms don't have bad schedules. We started out working five days a week, but now we're down to three.

Half of the time, I'm walking around a construction site, then I'm transitioning into the evening, having drinks with the girlfriends or meeting with my husband and then racing back home to put the kids to bed. I have less time, so I'm a much more efficient decision maker.

We're a comedy site and have made fun of every single race, religion, creed and gender. We've made fun of it equally.

If one app or news site or friend gets your attention, that means something or someone else loses it. It comes out of our sleep, our time with family or our reflective time with ourselves.

Some journal writers choose to password-protect their site, which is either an incredibly responsible act or a paranoid one.

It's good to be busy. I prefer that than sitting back and enjoying life.

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.

Sitting around on the couch eating Pringles all day is not going to help anyone.

For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working.

There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.

A healthy plant is one that adapts best to the situation in which it finds itself. There is no objective measure of this.

If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.

Vipassana taught me how to maintain equanimity in all situations of life.

I have a way of just being ice and just cooling situations and making things work.

Raymond Floyd. The man knows how to control situations. He was experienced. He didn't let me get overly excited; he kept me in check. It allowed me to free myself up, and I played really well with him.

You know, I live a monastic lifestyle. No, I do. I do live in extremes, basically. I go back and forth. Once every six months, I'll have a day where I eat more chocolate than has ever been consumed by a human being.

I love cooking, but I love the business, too. It's important because a lot of chefs forget the business side and have to shut down after six months.

The most productive employees, from my experience, are those who go home at 5:30 P.M. but are hyperfocused at work. People can only think really hard for six to eight hours a day.

I should really be lifting only five days. I'm sort of obsessed, and I end up going in six, sometimes seven, and that's not good. Something that I preach but don't practice - moderation.

I go out with my band six months of the year and the rest of them with the Blues Brothers.