Quotes About Change

You've got to go where the work is. My mom got a job somewhere else so I went and lived with her and then I just bounced all over going to school, chasing rainbows and all that.

It makes sense to work towards a better world, but it doesn't make any sense to have illusions about what the real world is.

There are enormous opportunities to work for a world that is more free, peaceful and just.

Everybody believes in innovation until they see it. Then they think, 'Oh, no; that'll never work. It's too different.'

You can work, shop, do everything from home, and I find this unsettling.

I think there might be some pressure released while I'm doing autobiographical work, but afterwards everything remains the same.

Don't write about trying to change the world, just write about a changed world or a world that's not changing. Let that do the work.

I guess the ultimate luxury professionally is to be able to change your direction, to work in another medium.

The moment that changed me for ever was the moment my first child was born. I was happy, filled with hope, and thought, 'Now I understand the whole point of work, of life, of love.

Hopefully women can work with [Ivanka Trump ] to influence up the chain of command. I think it's good for us, for women. It's a glimmer of hope.

Luckily because I had a family and children, my priorities changed. I mean, I'm very passionate about my work but I have other interests and other things that balance my life.

Never say never. At least with working out I'm proving you don't need to. If I have three chins at 75 I'm not saying I wouldn't get rid of them, but who knows. Generally, I'd leave it alone.

Suddenly, in the early 20th century, there were thousands of men with essentially nothing to do. The farm work, as well as other work, was being handled by machines.

I began to explore America in more general terms. I really started this work in 2009. I got the bulk of it done as I was easing out of Disco Night.

I'm not railing, 'This is inadequate' or 'This isn't right.' Just show me what will work.

Where we really effect change, in terms of creating a passionate work force, is by listening to kids early.

I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on now is definitely not horror.

The best way to look at aging is to see it as an opportunity to leave what didn't work behind and step boldly into a brand new future.

The expectation of my life was that I might be able to work for some good white folks. Now I got some good white folks working for me.

That is my work, to transform your life from a sad affair into a celebration.

There are a lot of people in each spot that you don't really know. I work with them that day, and move on and find new people. So purging and cleansing your friend list every day.

I hope that my work makes a difference because I think that's why I do it.

The first thing we need to do is realize that some of our old beliefs are dysfunctional and no longer work, if indeed they ever did. If the desire to do that isn't there, there's nothing to do.

I do think that my work has gotten calmer, and that the violence of some of the earlier series was necessary to reach the higher degree of concentration in the later ones.