Quotes About Focus

My goal was to make first lieutenant. I never spent a lot of time worrying about what came after that.

It's a buzz every time you perform under pressure.

To me, it's my job not to laugh, no matter what's said. By the time we shoot, I'm ready for all that's coming. I probably do most of my breaking in rehearsals, when I know that I can.

If at first you don't succeed, sure, try again... but if you keep not succeeding, you should probably concentrate on something (or someone) else worthwhile & quit wasting your time.

When you come to do the film, it is not the time to wonder why you do it. It's just how to do it

Be ruthless about protecting writing days....althoug h writing has been my actual job for several years now, I still seem to have to fight for time in which to do it.

Time is very important to art and if you don't have the time to select, art goes out the window.

if the way ahead is not clear, time is often the best editor of one's intentions.

I'm a big believer in minimalism. Not materialist minimalism although that's part of it but time and energy minimalism. The body is given only so much energy a day.

I learnt, for the first time, the joys of substituting hard, disciplined study for the indulgence of day-dreaming.

No serious-minded man should have time for the mediocre in any phase of his living.

Focus on the competition to diminish the time dedicated to internal politics.

I tend to delay writing by doing more research - it's really the act of writing the piece that I have the hardest time with.

I can only write one novel at a time. The author of the Perry Mason novels, Erle Stanley Gardner, often worked on four novels simultaneously, and produced a million words a year. I'm envious.

I don't have time to worry about looking cool.

Deciding what gets my time is very simple: I ask, What am I passionate about?

If Jay spent as much time studying as he does trying to be a comedian, he'd be a big star.

To do the writing, I have to have time to do research.

I find overtime exciting. You don't have time to think about anything.

I manage my time by prioritizing tasks, working smarter not harder, and by avoiding procrastination.

Directing takes a lot of time.

Position your daily actions so time is working for instead of against you.

You can either waste time worrying about a death that might not come or concentrate on what's left to you.

Just keep trying, and your dreams will come true. But you have to give it all your time, effort, and soul.