Quotes About Balance

What nourishes me also destroys me.

Some jobs you do because they pay the bills. Other jobs nourish the soul.

I enjoy eating so much. I eat for happiness, fuel, and nourishment.

There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.

I saw myself as a writer, a novelist, even though I was living the life of a mother and housewife. Writing was - and is - what I do.

I try to approach the film medium as a novelist and the novel medium as a filmmaker on some level. It's that question: Do we think in pictures, or do we think in language? And the novelist believes one thing, and the filmmaker believes another thing - and I'm fascinated by that balance.

I think novelists should be disciplined and self-imposed working hours. I work a lot, but I don't feel that I'm working. I always feel that there is a child in me, healthy, and I'm playing.

Nature conserves, prefers novelty.

When you have people catering to you non-stop, you lose it. You need someone to kick you in the butt every now and then!

I have been firming up and making changes in my roster for 2001. This needs to be done from now and then, to make sure what you are booking is working, and to keep a balance in your roster that works.

Everyone likes a burger now and then, and that's absolutely fine.

I read serious books, but every now and then, I read just for fun.

I'm quite private. And I never wanted to be the biggest star in the world, really. So in that sense I've got a good balance of doing great shows, of making an appearance every now and then and writing music, and I don't really have to do much else.

I want to direct every now and then, but I don't want to be a director.

My whole thing is simple, well-balanced meals. I have to say, though, that I really like dessert. I try not to eat dessert every day, but I'll have dessert every now and then.

I like to cook, I like nature, I like to read. I do like to shop, don't get me wrong, every now and then.

You've got to take care of yourself, man. There's a lot of stuff going around here nowadays with cancer and hormones and things like that they're putting in a lot of foods. You've got to be real careful and stay as healthy as possible.

I had a wife, kids and a mortgage and my acting career was nowhere, so I was painting and decorating people's homes.

It can't just be about being sexy. It has to have all the emotions involved, I think, on the album and in the live show. Because if you do all sex, you lose all of the other beautiful things that should be a part of it... And just being sexy will get you nowhere.

The talk about balance, nuclear balance, seems to me to be metaphysical and doesn't seem to be real at all.

Of course, my faith has a lot to do with being able to be public without being a public nuisance.

It's an oversimplication to say that more monks and nuns are the answer to the Joel Osteen-ification of Christianity... but it wouldn't hurt.

My dad is a builder, and my mum's a nurse. They're just very normal people.

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations.