“I have learned not to read reviews. Period. And I hate reviewers. All of them, or at least all but two or three. Life is much simpler ignoring reviews and the nasty people who write them. Critics should find meaningful work.”

“Nothing will work unless you do.”

“By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.”

“To me, as long as we've known each other, I've always thought Mick's most brilliant thing was that he could work in an area two foot square and give a very exciting performance.”

“I'm far from being god, but I work god damn hard.”

“Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form.”

“When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself.”

“Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.”

“Writing is hard work and bad for the health.”