Quotes About Balance

Early in my career I determined that I would not bring the problems of my work home with me. For the most part, I have been able to do that.

A calm environment is for after I finish work.

I like all my work equally. I look at the projects as children. I look at the experience more than the end result.

I do so much work that I don't have a lot of time for my life!

I want an identity outside of my work.

Work controls my life, writing controls my life, performing controls my life.

It's a joy to work where I live, and come home and sleep in my own bed.

I've got a great life. It's a shame the work gets in the way of the golf, really.

I would go to work from 9 to 6, go home, nap for two hours, then write from 8 to 2 a.m.

It's nice to get off the couch, throw the clothes on, add a little make-up and go back to work, every once in a while.

I was working all the time I was in college. I was working so much that I could hardly do my college work.

Although Freud said happiness is composed of love and work, reality often forces us to choose love or work.

My relationships with my loved ones always take precedence over work.

It's good to overexpose yourself with work. But don't expose yourself too much with the press.

I know lots of people that take cocaine three nights a week and get up and go to work every day, no problem. But we never hear that side of the story.

For me, work is so satisfying and it's giving me so much, it's nurturing me so much, that I think it sort of makes up for the sleep depravation.

I think I'm going to spend some time learning how to be a first-time mom, and then I'll go back to work.

I'm extremely blessed because I travel extensively for my work, but I always try to incorporate a bit of leisure with business.

Ninety percent of the day is working out. Sometimes I get my nails done and go to the grocery store.

I try to get enough sleep and exercise, try not to make mountains out of molehills, and vent a lot. I have a good team to support my work. I also do lots of mundane things, which will center me.

It's really hard to balance work and being a mother.

I was toying with the idea of ambivalence a lot. It's something I work on, not being so invested in outcomes and being more engaged in the process of my life.

I tend to only write productively for one to two hours per day, so there is plenty of time left over for me to work a day job!

A career is all very well, but no one lives by work alone.