Quotes About Balance

I'm not into cliches like 'no time' for love. If I find the right person, I'll definitely find time.

My focus is totally on films and I have no time for a love life.

I have seen both extremes; when there was no work, I was frustrated and now that I'm overworked, I feel the same. I'm looking for a balance now.

There are lots of things that keep me awake at night, but work isn't one of them. I mean, no-one's going to die if someone doesn't like what I do. So I don't feel a great pressure.

Nobody has it all, but for me to even come close is amazing.

I've always thought that the balance between the side of my mind that knows what it is doing and the side that really hasn't got a clue has to be carefully maintained because if you write too knowingly then you get chilly, and if you write too unknowingly you write bollocks that nobody else can understand.

As brilliant as those dark Scandi noir dramas are, not everything has to be shot down a Danish alleyway.

There were times when I just couldn't be around noise, and people talking in the same room would have been too much for me.

Personally, I don't think I have the time for a big noisy family, so maybe just one child.

I like blending into the background. Its my job. Though I can be quite noisy and direct sometimes.

When I work, I work non-stop and so hard that I barely get time to see anything but the set and home. So whenever I am done with one show, I go into my globetrotter mode and just pick a place and disappear for a while.

For a good 10 to 12 years, I was working non-stop and I wasn't really enjoying my success.

When you were playing cricket non-stop without a break, relentlessly, then these breaks really help you.

I don't mind being with a bunch of chicks. I'm around boys non-stop. I'm totally cool having a break from dudes.

Too much may be the equivalent of none at all.

Our censorship has sort of gotten a little too far. Too much censorship is just as bad as having none at all. Children need to be exposed to things, because if they don't see it, eventually, it's not like it's not going to happen, but it's just that there needs to be a balance.

In the end, life is wonderful but nonetheless a series of trade offs, especially between business/professional endeavours and family/community.

It's very hypocritical to constantly say, 'We want to keep our kids close,' then send them home with so much homework that family time becomes nonexistent.

I read the same amount of nonfiction and fiction.

Everyone else thinks I'm a nonfiction writer. I think it's because my nonfiction is easier to find. But I write both in equal measure. I love writing fiction because I can totally lose myself, and I get to make up the rules of the world that I'm writing.

I've had nonstop financial problems my whole adult life. It's always been a constant balance, year to year: 'Where's the time? Where's the money?'

I used to love eating rice and noodles, and that was all carbs, so I had to cut that out. I started eating mostly salads.

I go home by noon, and I'm in bed by 6 p.m. I get up at 1 and do it again.

When I'm writing a novel or doing other serious writing work, I do it on a schedule that dictates writing either 2,000 words a day or writing until noon. After I hit whichever mark comes first, then I can give my attention to everything else I have to do.