Quotes About Planning

I always felt if we were going in to do an album, there should already be a lot of structure already made up so we could get on with that and see what else happened.

I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.

Some writers can produce marvelous plots without planning it out, but I can't. In particular I need to know the structure of a novel: what's going to happen in each chapter and each scene.

I think a construction project for me is like writing a novel. I can't do the project unless I can envision sort of the whole structure and see what the end result might be.

I think it's nice when you come into the room and the director has a plan, a vision of exactly what he or she wants the piece to be. Because when that happens, then you feel safe. You feel safe to make choices and to do something big and just fly because there's a structure around you.

Remember, the goal of structured futures thinking is to come up with a picture of possible futures that will help to inform strategic decisions.

You will find hardly any improvising on camera anywhere in my films. It's very structured, but it's all worked out from elaborate improvisations over a long period, as you know.

I'm very structured. I like planning things out. I get frustrated when they don't go according to plan.

Training-wise, I don't have an extreme plan I stick to. I know what I have to do, I know the goal. But it's not really structured. That's the beauty of road cycling. It all depends on the conditions on the day and where you are in the world.

It's important for me as an actor to know the entire script before you start shooting, and especially if you're directing, you don't want to be struggling with anything.

Organize yourself so you aren't struggling to shop at the last minute. When you have real food, it's very easy to cook.

I'm not a big fan of introducing a bunch of new mysteries into a story without really knowing where they're going because you just end up struggling at the end to make sense of them and make it all seem like you planned it all along.

Anytime I've won a fight and asked for an opponent, I've usually gotten it, and that's because it's all well thought-out.

The biggest meaning and the most important thing is not to give opportunities to give the opponent an idea about how we are going to play.

I'd say I love the challenge of game-planning for the opponent every week.

Some actors - myself included - like to know where your character's going: you like to know what the arc is for the character so that you can plan where you're going to give beats for this, that, and the other and give the audience what they want. But on 'Homeland,' you do the opposite.

Short-termism is no longer an option. We have to envisage humanitarian action with a medium- and long-term perspective.

I make sure I eat before I go anywhere just in case they don't have a vegan-friendly option.

Make sure you're building your brand early and make sure it's a good brand so in life after basketball, you have an option and you have resources to help you with that.

When you wait to the last minute, you rush to get things done, and the closer you get to the deadline, the less options you have.

I think I put myself in a position where I have all kinds of opportunities available to me, if God forbid something doesn't work out, at least I have other options.

I think that in order to get better as an athlete and to see whatever kind of results you're after, you have to make goals. Whether you write them down or tell someone about them, it's important to set goals for yourself in order to achieve any kind of success.

It's about maintaining balance. Plan better, be organised. I chose to be a working wife and mother. Why should I compromise on either?

I'm organised in some ways, but not in others.